Patent ID: 6327571
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for processing data associated with a hardware realization process assessment of an entity, the method comprising the steps of:receiving response data, in response to a request for hardware realization process assessment information, from a plurality of users associated with the entity, the response data characterizing hardware development processes of the entity in a plurality of information categories;transforming the response data in accordance with a predefined transformation including at least a transformation of particular responses to corresponding numerical values;retrieving stored calibration data representative of responses of one or more related entities; andgenerating a graphical display including at least first and second plots indicative of at least a portion of the transformed response data for the users associated with the entity, the first plot being configured so as to provide a comparison of the hardware development processes of the entity to corresponding processes of the one or more related entities, the first plot providing for each of the plurality of information categories an associated performance indication for the entity and a category-based comparison indication for the one or more related entities, the second plot corresponding to particular one of the plurality of information categories and having a set of plotted points with each of the plotted points representative of one or more of the numerical values and an associated question-based comparison indication for the one or more related entities, the category-based and question-based comparison indications being determined based at least in part on the calibration data.