System and method for finding business transformation opportunities by using a multi-dimensional shortfall analysis of an enterprise

• US 8,359,216 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Issued: 01/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cao, Rong Zeng, Ding, Wei, Jiang, Shun, Lee, Juhnyoung, Tian, Chun Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nga B.
• Application Number:
  US12/243,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,574 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7, 705/8, 705/9, 705/10
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

A method and system for determining one or more shortfalls of one or more business components by multiple dimensions for business transformation, in one aspect define a plurality of shortfall types associated with a plurality of business components, define a plurality of dimensions of the plurality of business components, construct a shortfall assessment model for the plurality of dimensions, load a business model associated with the plurality of business components, compute shortfall assessment by performing a daisy chain analysis using the shortfall assessment model and the business model for said plurality of shortfalls and associated shortfall types, and presenting the shortfall assessment using visualization.

Claims

1. A method for determining one or more shortfalls of one or more business components by multiple dimensions for business transformation, comprising:

defining a plurality of shortfall types associated with a plurality of business components;

defining a plurality of dimensions of the plurality of business components;

constructing a shortfall assessment model for the plurality of dimensions;

loading a business model associated with the plurality of business components;

computing, by a processor, shortfall assessment by performing a daisy chain analysis using the shortfall assessment model and the business model for said plurality of shortfalls and associated shortfall types, the daisy chain analysis providing an automatic visual query for understanding correlations and dependencies directly or indirectly among business components, value drivers and business processes; and

presenting the shortfall assessment using visualization,

wherein the visualization includes the plurality of dimensions represented by respective different visual codes overlaid on a business component of business component view, the plurality of dimensions including at least IT application and organization dimensions, wherein a user interface widget is provided on the visualization to enable a user to label the business component with identified shortfall type and wherein the visualization further includes a shortfall tree view wherein the user labeled business component is added to the shortfall tree view on the visualization, wherein shortfalls of different dimensions are rendered in a single view.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said presenting step includes rendering visualization of shortfalls of the plurality of dimensions including IT application, resources, organization, operation, project initiatives, and technology in a single view.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the dimensions include IT application, resources, organization, operation, project initiatives, technology, or combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortfall types include a gap shortfall.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortfall types include a deficiency shortfall.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortfall types include a duplication shortfall.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortfall types include an over-extension shortfall.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the visualization includes color coding the plurality of shortfall types.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the visualization includes presenting the plurality of dimensions using a plurality of different geometric shapes.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortfall assessment model uses operation metrics for determining a shortfall.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the shortfall assessment model uses a predetermined algorithm for determining a shortfall.

12. The method of claim 1, further including generating a report of said computed shortfall assessment.

13. The method of claim 1, further including allowing a user to label the visualization.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said shortfall types and dimensions are defined based on a user configuration.

15. A system for determining one or more shortfalls of one or more business components by multiple dimensions for business transformation, comprising:

a processor;

a shortfall assessor module operable to define a plurality of shortfall types associated with a plurality of business components, the shortfall assessor module further operable to define a plurality of dimensions of the plurality of business components, the shortfall assessor module further operable to load a business model associated with the plurality of business components;

an assessment modeler module operable to construct a shortfall assessment model for the plurality of dimensions;

a shortfall creator module, operable to execute on the processor and further operable to compute shortfall assessment by performing a daisy chain analysis using the shortfall assessment model and a business model for said plurality of shortfalls and associated shortfall types, the daisy chain analysis providing an automatic visual query for understanding correlations and dependencies directly or indirectly among business components, value drivers and business processes; and

a shortfall visualization module operable to present the shortfall assessment using visualization,

wherein the visualization includes the plurality of dimensions represented by different visual codes overlaid on a business component of business component view, the plurality of dimensions including at least IT application and organization dimensions, wherein a user interface widget is provided on the visualization to enable a user to label the business component with identified shortfall type and wherein the visualization further includes a shortfall tree view wherein the user labeled business component is added to the shortfall tree view on the visualization, wherein shortfalls of different dimensions are rendered in a single view.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the shortfall visualization module renders visualization of shortfalls of the plurality of dimensions including IT application, resources, organization, operation, project initiatives, and technology in a single view.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the dimensions include IT application, resources, organization, operation, project initiatives, technology, or combinations thereof.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the shortfall types include a gap shortfall.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the shortfall types include a deficiency shortfall.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the shortfall types include a duplication shortfall.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the shortfall types include an over-extension shortfall.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein the visualization includes color coding the plurality of shortfall types.

23. The system of claim 15, wherein the visualization includes presenting the plurality of dimensions using a plurality of different geometric shapes.

24. The system of claim 15, wherein the shortfall assessment model uses operation metrics for determining a shortfall.

25. The system of claim 15, wherein the shortfall assessment model uses a predetermined algorithm for determining a shortfall.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the system generates a report of said computed shortfall assessment.

27. The system of claim 15, wherein the system allows a user to label the visualization.

28. The system of claim 15, wherein said shortfall types and dimensions are defined based on a user configuration.

29. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of determining one or more shortfalls of one or more business components by multiple dimensions for business transformation, comprising:

defining a plurality of shortfall types associated with a plurality of business components;

defining a plurality of dimensions of the plurality of business components;

constructing a shortfall assessment model for the plurality of dimensions;

loading a business model associated with the plurality of business components;

computing shortfall assessment by performing a daisy chain analysis using the shortfall assessment model and the business model for said plurality of shortfalls and associated shortfall types, the daisy chain analysis providing an automatic visual query for understanding correlations and dependencies directly or indirectly among business components, value drivers and business processes; and

presenting the shortfall assessment using visualization,

wherein the visualization includes the plurality of dimensions represented by different visual codes overlaid on a business component of business component view, the plurality of dimensions including at least IT application and organization dimensions, wherein a user interface widget is provided on the visualization to enable a user to label the business component with identified shortfall type and wherein the visualization further includes a shortfall tree view wherein the user labeled business component is added to the shortfall tree view on the visualization, wherein shortfalls of different dimensions are rendered in a single view.

30. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein said presenting step includes rendering visualization of shortfalls of the plurality of dimensions including IT application, resources, organization, operation, project initiatives, and technology in a single view.

31. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the dimensions include IT application, resources, organization, operation, project initiatives, technology, or combinations thereof.

32. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the shortfall types include a gap shortfall.

33. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the shortfall types include a deficiency shortfall.

34. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the shortfall types include a duplication shortfall.

35. The program storage device of claim 29, wherein the shortfall types include an over-extension shortfall.