US Patent No: 6,675,149

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Information technology project assessment method, system and program product

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Abstract

A method, system and program product for matching the an information technology enhancement project with the resource and priorities of an enterprise is presented herein. A set of objectives for the information technology resources is defined and prioritized as to their importance to the enterprise. The information technology resources for the enterprise are partitioned into segments along a predetermined common property such as geography or skill-base. Each segment is compared to a set of desire information technology characteristics and a score for each characteristic is assigned to each segment and summed providing a total characteristic score for each segment. The total characteristic score is weighted in light of the prioritized objects by virtue of a correlation created between the objectives and the characteristics. The weighted scores are ranked and then classified in accordance with a set of potential information technology enhancement projects to facilitate the selection of one or more of the projects.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONARMONK, NY71198

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Morrison, Timothy I Darien, IL 10 221
Ordonez, Carlos A Poughkeepsie, NY 3 147
Preston, Allen H Poughkeepsie, NY 8 363
Ruffin, Michael Calumet Park, IL 8 316
Temple, III Joseph L Hurley, NY 19 464
Yan, Eva L Hyde Park, NY 3 147

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