Patent ID: 9672573
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method performed by a computing system for displaying information facilitating determining compensation in a variable compensation system, the computing system including at least one processor, a display device, a user input device, and at least one data storage device coupled to the at least one processor, the method comprising: accessing financial data stored at the data storage device to retrieve a set of objective financial statistics corresponding to a selected member of an organization, on the display device, displaying, in a cluster display region, a first indicator representing the selected member of the organization, on the display device, displaying, in the cluster display region, a plurality of second indicators each representing one of a subset of the multiple members in the organization, in response to receiving, via the user input device, a user interaction with a distinguished second indicator, displaying, in a detail display region on the display device, financial statistics relating to a member of the subset that is represented by the distinguished second indicator; receiving, by the computing system and via the user input device, a selection of at least one value assigning a rating to at least one of multiple subjective factors relating to performance by the selected member of the organization and at least one of mentoring, diversity, or expected future leadership potential of the selected member; automatically converting, by the computing system, the at least one value assigning a rating to the subjective factor to a monetary value within a predetermined range, receiving, from a user and by the user input device of the computing system, a selection of a base compensation component of the selected member's compensation that will be fixed for the next fiscal year, receiving, from a user and by the user input device of the computing system, a selection of a variable compensation component of the selected member's compensation from the user, on the display device, displaying data of at least the base and the variable compensation components for the selected member of the organization.