Automated system and method for creating aligned goals

US7110988B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Trilogy Development Group, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andrew W. Allemann · Austin, US
• Shad William Reynolds · Austin, US
• Adam R. Hunter · Austin, US
• Justin B. Petro · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 19, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of aligning a new goal of an entity ensures that the new goal is a child goal of a parent goal. The method also ensures that a group is linked to the parent goal, and ensures that the entity is subordinate to the group. In one embodiment, selection lists constrain the available values for the group and/or the parent goal. In another aspect, a method of facilitating contextual alignment of a new goal recognizes an organizational role for an entity and customizes content of a user interface, based on the organizational role of the entity. The user interface with the customized content provides goal creation guidance according to the organizational role. In one embodiment, the customized content includes specialized instructions and sample content for characteristics of the new goal, such as a goal-objective characteristic, a goal-measure characteristic, and a goal-activity characteristic.