Consulting assessment environment
US7739141B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0203
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a consulting assessment environment. Consultants may use the environment to define templates that encode questionnaires and domain knowledge regarding business practices, as well as reporting criteria to specify the content and format of the assessment results. Consultants or their clients may use the environment to automate the process of performing assessments and generating reports from those assessments. These assessments may analyze the current state of the business, compare the business's current state with desired states or with best practices, and perform risk/benefit and/or cost/benefit analyses, according to the specifications made in the templates on a real-time basis for producing immediate assessment results and actions. An information hiding feature is provided to allow sensitive domain knowledge encoded within the templates, such as trade secrets, to be made inaccessible to clients.
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