Business process analysis tool
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1. A method of deriving relevant business processes comprising:
- providing a set of business processes based on a user-selected industry and market participant;
presenting at least three filter options to a user for filtering the set of business processes, the three filter options including;
(i) a business goal and objective filter option that prompts the user to select a business goal from a list of business goals and to thereafter select a business objective from a list of business objectives offered to achieve the user-selected business goal;
(ii) a transformational strategy filter option that prompts the user to select a transformational strategy from a list of transformational strategies wherein the business goal and objective filter option is configured to prompt the user for more input than the transformational strategy filter option; and
(iii) a program solution filter option that prompts a user to select a program solution from a list of program solutions offered to address a business issue in the user-selected industry, wherein the program solution filter option is configured to provide more targeted information than the business goal and objective filter option and the transformational strategy filter option;
in response to the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options, filtering the set of business processes to identify, a subset of the business processes, wherein the identified subset of business processes is relevant to the user'"'"'s selection of the industry, the user'"'"'s selection of the market participant, and the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options; and
outputting the identified subset of business processes to the user.
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Abstract
A strategic management tool that derives relevant business processes. The tool provides a set of business processes based on information from at least one of a market force and an industry trend and applies a method to identify a subset of the business processes. The method is selected from at least one of transformational strategy method, a business goals and objectives method and a program solutions method.
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1. A method of deriving relevant business processes comprising:
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providing a set of business processes based on a user-selected industry and market participant; presenting at least three filter options to a user for filtering the set of business processes, the three filter options including;
(i) a business goal and objective filter option that prompts the user to select a business goal from a list of business goals and to thereafter select a business objective from a list of business objectives offered to achieve the user-selected business goal;
(ii) a transformational strategy filter option that prompts the user to select a transformational strategy from a list of transformational strategies wherein the business goal and objective filter option is configured to prompt the user for more input than the transformational strategy filter option; and
(iii) a program solution filter option that prompts a user to select a program solution from a list of program solutions offered to address a business issue in the user-selected industry, wherein the program solution filter option is configured to provide more targeted information than the business goal and objective filter option and the transformational strategy filter option;in response to the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options, filtering the set of business processes to identify, a subset of the business processes, wherein the identified subset of business processes is relevant to the user'"'"'s selection of the industry, the user'"'"'s selection of the market participant, and the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options; and outputting the identified subset of business processes to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article comprising a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when applied to one or more computers cause the computers to:
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provide a set of business processes based on a user-selected industry and market participant; present at least three filter options to a user for filtering the set of business processes, the three filter options including;
(i) a business goal and objective filter option that prompts the user to select a business goal from a list of business goals and to thereafter select a business objective from a list of business objectives offered to achieve the user-selected business goal;
(ii) a transformational strategy filter option that prompts the user to select a transformational strategy from a list of transformational strategies wherein, the business goal and objective filter option is configured to prompt the user for more input than the transformational strategy filter option; and
(iii) a program solution filter option that prompts a user to select a program solution from a list of program solutions offered to address a business issue in the user-selected industry wherein, the program solution filter option is configured to provide more targeted information than the business goal and objective filter option and the transformational strategy filter option;in response to the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options, filter the set of business processes to identify a subset of the business processes, wherein the identified subset of business processes is relevant to the user'"'"'s selection of the industry, the user'"'"'s selection of the market participant, and the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options; and output the identified subset of business processes to the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for deriving a relevant business process, the system comprising one or more computers having a processor and memory configured to:
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provide a set of business processes based on a user-selected industry and market participant; present at least three filter options to a user for filtering the set of business processes, the three filter options including;
(i) a business goal and objective filter option that prompts the user to select a business goal from a list of business goals and to thereafter select a business objective from a list of business objectives offered to achieve the user-selected business goal;
(ii) a transformational strategy filter option that prompts the user to select a transformational strategy from a list of transformational strategies wherein, the business goal and objective filter option is configured to prompt the user for more input than the transformational strategy filter option; and
(iii) a program solution filter option that prompts a user to select a program solution from a list of program solutions offered to address a business issue in the user-selected industry wherein, the program solution filter option is configured to provide more targeted information than the business goals and objective filter option and the transformational strategy filter option;in response to the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options, filter the set of business processes to identify a subset of the business processes, wherein the identified subset of business processes is relevant to the user'"'"'s selection of the industry, the user'"'"'s selection of the market participant, and the user'"'"'s selection of one of the three filter options; and output the identified subset of business processes to the user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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