Method and apparatus for definition, referencing and navigation across multiple perspectives of an organization
First Claim
1. A method for the development of a visual organizational representation, said method comprising the steps of:
- defining a plurality of different perspectives of the same organization, or part thereof, each perspective including a plurality of elements and wherein at least one of the elements is common to at least two of the perspectives; and
generating for each of the perspectives a visual indication in the form of a graphical organizational model, each graphical organizational model showing the elements and interrelations between the same for that perspective and wherein the visual indication further includes, for each graphical organization model, a graphical information display panel in which those elements of the displayed organization model which are included in graphical organizational models for other perspectives of the organization are displayed and by selecting an element in the graphical information display panel the user can select to navigate to another of the said perspectives in which the selected element is included and cause the display of that graphical organizational model for the user selected other perspective, wherein the graphical information display panel changes dynamically depending on the status of the graphical organizational models at that time and automatically displays the current elements which appear in said models for other perspectives so as to allow user navigation to the other graphical organizational models for other perspectives which contain the selected elements at the time.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for generating and subsequently using a series of graphical perspectives of an organization. Each of the perspectives includes a series of defined elements which are identified as being part of the perspective. Each element is analyzed in each of the perspectives and those which are common to more than one perspective are identified as are those elements which are interconnected and hence refer to each other. A graphical display panel is generated for each perspective which identifies in a dynamic manner those elements which are so connected and said panel can be used a navigational tool in conjunction with a graphical user interface.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for the development of a visual organizational representation, said method comprising the steps of:
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defining a plurality of different perspectives of the same organization, or part thereof, each perspective including a plurality of elements and wherein at least one of the elements is common to at least two of the perspectives; and generating for each of the perspectives a visual indication in the form of a graphical organizational model, each graphical organizational model showing the elements and interrelations between the same for that perspective and wherein the visual indication further includes, for each graphical organization model, a graphical information display panel in which those elements of the displayed organization model which are included in graphical organizational models for other perspectives of the organization are displayed and by selecting an element in the graphical information display panel the user can select to navigate to another of the said perspectives in which the selected element is included and cause the display of that graphical organizational model for the user selected other perspective, wherein the graphical information display panel changes dynamically depending on the status of the graphical organizational models at that time and automatically displays the current elements which appear in said models for other perspectives so as to allow user navigation to the other graphical organizational models for other perspectives which contain the selected elements at the time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for generating and subsequently using a series of graphical organization models of perspectives of an organization, said method comprises the following steps:
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each perspective including a series of defined elements which are identified as being part of the perspective; each element analyzed in each of the perspectives and those elements common to more than one perspective are identified, as are those elements which are interconnected and hence refer to each other; and wherein a graphical information display panel is generated for each perspective which identifies in a dynamic manner those elements in the perspective which also appear in a further perspective and said graphical information display panel is used as a navigational tool in conjunction with a graphical user interface to allow user navigation between each of the graphical organizational models for the differing perspective displays by selection of an element from said graphical information display panel for the perspective to cause the generation and display of a further graphical organizational model for a further perspective of the organization and in which further perspective the selected element is also included, wherein the graphical information display panel changes dynamically depending on the status of the graphical organizational models at that time and automatically displays the current elements which appear in said models so as to allow navigation to the other graphical organizational models for other perspectives which contain the selected element at that time.
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