System and method for strategic intent mapping

• US 7,729,934 B1
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Adams, Thomas Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Boswell; Beth V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATS, JUSTIN
• Application Number:
  US11/230,796
• Time in Patent Office: 1,715 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7
• US Class Current: 705/7.36
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals

Abstract

Systems and methods for mapping relative strategic intent of tactics and associated projects in an enterprise are provided. Some embodiments provide a computer-implemented tool, a method, and/or a computer-implemented system for mapping strategic intent of an organization. Projects are mapped to tactics and stored in a data store. Fulfillment percentages of tactics are claimed, where the percentages represent the portion of a tactic that is achieved by a project that is mapped to it. Ownership of a tactic may be assigned, which gives the tactic owner authority to grant approval for mapping projects to the owned tactic. Tactic sets, which include groups of tactics having some element in common, may be organized to permit projects to carry over into new time periods. A reporting tool is used to display information such as mapped relationships, ownership, approval status, fulfillment percentage, and tactic sets for use in strategic intent mapping.

Claims

1. At least one computer readable storage medium storing embedded program code which, when executed by a processor, performs a computer implemented method for mapping an overall direction of an organization, the computer implemented method comprising:

maintaining a plurality of projects and a plurality of tactics on a computer readable storage medium, wherein each of the plurality of tactics is implemented by one or more of the plurality of projects to fulfill an organizational goal of the organization;

mapping, with a mapping component executed by a processor, each of the plurality of projects to one or more of the plurality of tactics to create a strategic intent map, wherein at least one of the plurality of projects is mapped to more than one of the plurality of tactics, wherein the strategic intent map identifies and hierarchically interrelates the organizational goal with the plurality of tactics that support the organizational goal and each of the plurality of tactics with the mapped one or more of the plurality of projects;

assigning, with a fulfillment component executed by a processor, for each of the plurality of projects, a tactic fulfillment percentage of each tactic of the plurality of tactics to which each of the plurality of projects is mapped, wherein the tactic fulfillment percentage is a percentage of a tactic that is achieved by a project mapped to the tactic;

summing, with the fulfillment component, for each tactic of the plurality of tactics, the tactic fulfillment percentage assigned to the tactic for all of the plurality of projects that are mapped to the tactic to generate a summed fulfillment percentage of the tactic, wherein the computer readable storage medium is further configured to store the tactic fulfillment percentage of each of the plurality of projects mapped to the one or more of the plurality of tactics and the summed fulfillment percentage of each of the plurality of tactics; and

displaying on a computer display, with a reporting component, the strategic intent map, the summed fulfillment percentage of each of the plurality of tactics, and for each of the plurality of projects, the tactic fulfillment percentage of each tactic to which each of the plurality of projects is mapped.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the reporting component further displays an indication of whether the mapping of each of the plurality of projects to one or more of the plurality of tactics has been granted approval by a tactic owner.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, with the reporting component, at least one of the plurality of tactics; and

identifying, with the reporting component, each of the plurality of projects mapped to the tactic.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

allocating a cost for a project mapped to multiple tactics based, wholly or partially, on budgets set by divisions associated with supported tactics, wherein the divisions comprise sub-organizations within the organization.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein a time component is added to the strategic intent map such that tactics having commonalities are associated in one or more tactic sets.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the tactic sets further relate tactics having additional commonalities, wherein the additional commonalities relate to at least one of those tactics that support the same strategy, those tactics that have similar budget sources, and those tactics that have similar ownership.

7. A computer-implemented method for mapping an overall direction of an organization comprising:

mapping, with a processor, each of a plurality of projects to one or more of a plurality of tactics to create a strategic intent map, wherein each of the plurality of tactics is implemented by one or more of the plurality of projects to fulfill an organizational goal of the organization, wherein at least one of the plurality of projects is mapped to more than one of the plurality of tactics, and wherein the strategic intent map identifies and hierarchically interrelates the organizational goal with the plurality of tactics that support the organizational goal and each of the plurality of tactics with the mapped one or more of the plurality of projects;

claiming, with a processor, for each of the plurality of projects, a tactic fulfillment percentage of each tactic of the one or more of the plurality of tactics to which each of the plurality of projects is mapped, and wherein the tactic fulfillment percentage is a percentage of a tactic that is achieved by a project mapped to the tactic;

summing, with a processor, for each tactic of the plurality of tactics, the tactic fulfillment percentage claimed for the tactic for all of the plurality of projects that are mapped to the tactic to generate a summed fulfillment percentage for the tactic; and

reporting on a computer display, with a processor, the strategic intent map, the summed fulfillment percentage of each of the plurality of tactics, and for each of the plurality of projects, the tactic fulfillment percentage of each tactic to which each of the plurality of projects is mapped.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

assigning, with a processor, ownership of each tactic to a tactic owner.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the tactic owner has authority to grant approval for mapping each project to the tactic owned by the tactic owner.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

reporting, with a processor, one or more relationships established by the mapping; and

analyzing the overall direction for the organization.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

reporting, with a processor, whether the owner has granted approval for mapping one or more of the plurality of projects to the tactic owned by the tactic owner; and

analyzing, with a processor, the overall direction for the organization.

12. A computer-implemented system comprising:

one or more processors that perform the following;

operate a computer readable medium to maintain to a plurality of projects, a plurality of tactics, and a plurality of tactic sets, the tactic sets relate to tactics and include a time component, wherein each of the plurality of tactics is implemented by one or more of the plurality of projects to fulfill an organizational goal;

operate a software mapping component to map each of the plurality of projects to one or more of the plurality of the tactics and one of the plurality of tactic sets to create a strategic intent map, wherein at least one of the plurality of projects is mapped to more than one of the plurality of tactics, and wherein the strategic intent map identifies and hierarchically interrelates the organizational goal with the plurality of tactics that support the organizational goal and each of the plurality of tactics with the mapped one or more of the plurality of projects;

operate a tactic fulfillment component to assign, for each of the plurality of projects, a tactic fulfillment percentage of each tactic of the one or more of the plurality of tactics to which each of the plurality of projects is mapped, wherein the tactic fulfillment percentage is a percentage of a tactic that is achieved by a project mapped to the tactic;

operates the tactic fulfillment component to sum, for each tactic of the plurality of tactics, the tactic fulfillment percentage assigned to the tactic for all of the plurality of projects that are mapped to the tactic to generate a summed fulfillment percentage of the tactic, wherein the computer readable medium is further configured to store the tactic fulfillment percentage of each of the plurality of projects mapped to one or more of the plurality of tactics and the summed fulfillment percentage of each of the plurality of tactics; and

operate a reporting component to display on a computer display the strategic intent map, the summed fulfillment percentage of each of the plurality of the plurality of tactics, and for each of the plurality of projects, the tactic fulfillment percentage of each tactic to which each of the plurality of projects is mapped.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 12, wherein a first tactic set relates to a first tactic in a first year, a second tactic set relates to the first tactic during a second year, and a carry-over tactic set relates to the first tactic during the first and second years.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors further operate the reporting component to display mapping between the plurality of projects, at least one of the plurality of the tactics, and at least one of the plurality of tactic sets for the time component.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the one or more processors further operate the reporting component to display mapping between the plurality of projects, at least one of the plurality of the tactics, and at least one of the plurality of tactic sets for more than one time component.