Dynamic assignment of qualification block to person

• US 9,082,088 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2005
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Sperle, Robin, Schillinger, Heinz, Schoenecker, Mathias
• Primary Examiner(s): OWYANG, MICHELLE N
• Application Number:
  US11/283,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118511A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,522 Days
• Field of Search: 705 11-500, 707705-708
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24556 Aggregation; Duplicate elimination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24558 Binary matching operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method for matching an object with a set of qualifications to an object with a set of requirements includes examining the object with the set of qualifications to produce a list of qualifications without a hierarchy, removing duplicate qualifications, and matching list of qualifications without a hierarchy with removed duplicates to the set of qualifications.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for matching a position represented by a position object having a first set of qualifications arranged in a hierarchical structure, to a person represented by a person object, wherein the position object is organized as a hierarchical structure having the position object as a root and including requirements and tasks having requirements, each requirement further including a plurality of qualifications of the each requirement, said method comprising:

examining, by a computer, the position object having the first set of qualifications arranged in the hierarchical structure, and determining a relative hierarchy level of each of the qualifications from the position object;

assigning to each qualification, by the computer, a classification number indicating the relative hierarchy level of the qualification;

producing, by the computer, a flat list of qualifications from the hierarchical structure, each qualification being associated with its corresponding classification number;

removing, by the computer, duplicate qualifications from the flat list, wherein duplicate qualifications having higher classification numbers are removed; and

responsive to the removal of the duplicate qualifications, matching the flat list of qualifications to qualifications from a second set of qualifications associated with the person object to determine whether the person is a match for the position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of removing duplicate qualifications comprises:

determining a level of proficiency associated with each of the qualifications, wherein for duplicate qualifications having the same hierarchy level, a determination is made whether there is a difference in proficiency levels associated with the duplicate qualifications; and

for duplicate qualifications having different proficiency levels, removing the duplicate qualifications having a lower level of proficiency.

3. A computer-implemented method for matching a person represented by a person object within a database, to a position represented by a position object having a hierarchy of qualifications within the database, wherein the position object is organized as a hierarchical structure having the position object as a root and including requirements and tasks having requirements, each requirement further including a plurality of qualifications of the each requirement, the method comprising:

examining, by a computer, the position object having the hierarchical structure of qualifications, and determining a relative hierarchy level of each of the qualifications in the hierarchical structure of qualifications from the position object;

assigning to each qualification, by the computer, a classification number indicating the relative hierarchy level of the qualification;

determining, by the computer, a flattened list of qualifications from the hierarchical structure, each qualification being associated with its corresponding classification number;

determining, by the computer, a level of proficiency associated with each of the qualifications;

removing, by the computer, duplicate qualifications from the flattened list of qualifications, wherein duplicate qualifications having a classification further from the position object are removed and wherein for duplicate qualifications having the same hierarchy level, a determination is made whether there is a difference in proficiency levels associated with the duplicate qualifications;

for duplicate qualifications having different proficiency levels, removing the duplicate qualification having a lower level of proficiency; and

matching the flattened list of qualifications with removed duplicates to a set of required qualifications associated with the person object to determine a match between the person and the position.

4. A computer storage medium including computer executable code for providing a system for matching a position represented by a position object having a first set of qualifications arranged in a hierarchical structure, to a person represented by a person object, wherein the position object is organized as a hierarchical structure having the position object as a root and including requirements and tasks having requirements, each requirement further including a plurality of qualifications of the each requirement, said computer executable code comprising:

code for examining the position object having the first set of qualifications arranged in the hierarchical structure, and determining a relative hierarchy level of each of the qualifications from the position object;

code for assigning to each qualification a classification number indicating the relative hierarchy level of the qualification;

code for producing a flat list of qualifications from the hierarchical structure, each qualification being associated with its corresponding classification number;

code for removing duplicate qualifications from the flat list, wherein duplicate qualifications having higher classification numbers are removed; and

code for, responsive to the removal of the duplicate qualifications, matching the flat list of qualifications to qualifications from a second set of qualifications associated with the person object to determine whether the person is a match for the position.

5. The computer storage medium of claim 4, wherein the code for removing duplicate qualifications comprises:

code for determining a level of proficiency associated with each of the qualifications, wherein for duplicate qualifications having the same hierarchy level, a determination is made whether there is a difference in proficiency levels associated with the duplicate qualifications; and

for duplicate qualifications having different proficiency levels, code for removing the duplicate qualifications having a lower level of proficiency.

6. A system for matching a person represented by a person object within a database, to a position represented by a position object having a hierarchy of qualifications within the database, wherein the hierarchy has the position object as a root and including requirements and tasks having requirements, each requirement further including a plurality of qualifications of the each requirement, the system comprising:

an examining unit for examining the position object having the hierarchy of qualifications, and determining a relative hierarchy level of each of the qualifications in the hierarchy of qualifications from the position object;

an assigning unit for assigning to each qualification a classification number indicating the relative hierarchy level of the qualification;

a first determining unit for determining a flattened list of qualifications from the hierarchical structure, each qualification being associated with its corresponding classification number;

a second determining unit for determining a level of proficiency associated with each of the qualifications;

a removing unit for removing duplicate qualifications from the flattened list of qualifications, wherein duplicate qualifications having a classification further from the position object are removed and wherein for duplicate qualifications having the same hierarchy level, a determination is made whether there is a difference in proficiency levels associated with the duplicate qualifications;

for duplicate qualifications having different proficiency levels, removing the duplicate qualifications having a lower level of proficiency; and

a matching unit for matching the flattened list of qualifications with removed duplicates to a set of required qualifications associated with the person object to determine a match between the person and the position.

7. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a program storage device readable by the computer system, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for matching a position represented by a position object having a first set of qualifications arranged in a hierarchical structure to a person represented by a person object, wherein the position object is organized as a hierarchical structure having the position object as a root and including requirements and tasks having requirements, each requirement further including a plurality of qualifications of the each requirement, the method comprising;

examining the position object having the set of qualifications arranged in the hierarchical structure, and determining a relative hierarchy level of each of the qualifications from the position object;

assigning to each qualification, by the computer system, a classification number indicating the relative hierarchy level of the qualification;

producing a flat list of qualifications from the hierarchical structure, each qualification being associated with its corresponding classification number;

removing duplicate qualifications from the flat list, wherein duplicate qualifications having higher classification numbers are removed; and

responsive to the removal of the duplicate qualifications, matching the flat list of qualifications to qualifications from a second set of qualifications associated with the person object to determine whether the person is a match for the position.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the step of removing duplicate qualifications comprises:

determining a level of proficiency associated with each of the qualifications, wherein for duplicate qualifications having the same hierarchy level, a determination is made whether there is a difference in proficiency levels associated with the duplicate qualifications; and

for duplicate qualifications having different proficiency levels, removing the duplicate qualifications having a lower level of proficiency.

9. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a program storage device readable by the computer system, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for matching a person represented by a person object within a database, to a position represented by a position object having a hierarchy of qualifications within the database, wherein the position object is organized as a hierarchical structure having the position object as a root and including requirements and tasks having requirements, each requirement further including a plurality of qualifications of the each requirement, said method comprising;

examining the position object having the hierarchy of qualifications, and determining a relative hierarchy level of each of the qualifications in the hierarchy of qualifications from the position object;

assigning to each qualification a classification number indicating the relative hierarchy level of the qualification;

determining a flattened list of qualifications from the hierarchical structure, each qualification being associated with its corresponding classification number;

determining a level of proficiency associated with each of the qualifications;

removing duplicate qualifications from the flattened list of qualifications, wherein duplicate qualifications having a classification further from the position object are removed and wherein for duplicate qualifications having the same hierarchy level, a determination is made whether there is a difference in proficiency levels associated with the duplicate qualifications;

for duplicate qualifications having different proficiency levels, removing the duplicate qualifications having a lower level of proficiency; and

matching the flattened list of qualifications with removed duplicates to a set of required qualifications associated with the person object to determine a match between the person and the position.