Patent ID: 8930520
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing the effectiveness of an organization in a collaborative environment, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor from a device of a user, a request to analyze an organization's effectiveness in utilization of a collaborative environment; retrieving, by the processor from a data store, for users of the organization, a number of users invited to participate in the collaborative environment, a number of users who entered into the collaborative environment, a number of users who read at least one item in the collaborative environment, a number of users who rated at least one idea in the collaborative environment, and a number of users who contributed at least one idea to the collaborative environment; determining, by the processor, an organizational responsiveness score that represents the responsiveness of the users in the organization to an invitation to participate in the collaborative environment; determining, by the processor, an organizational willingness score that represents the willingness of the users in the organization to participate in the collaborative environment; determining, by the processor, an organizational criticality score that represents whether the users of the organization are critical of ideas provided by other users; determining, by the processor, an organizational creativity score that represents the creativeness of the users in the organization; determining, by the processor, an organizational total score based on the organizational responsiveness score, the organizational willingness score, the organizational criticality score, and the organizational creativity score; and providing, by the processor, the organizational total score to the user via the device of the user.