Patent ID: 7904320
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of specifying a business capability roadmap, comprising: displaying, by a computer, for each of multiple resource categories, a current capability state of an enterprise as a set of currently enabled capabilities based on an indication of available assets of the enterprise, wherein the enterprise comprises a plurality of business domains, and wherein a capability is an ability enabled by one or more assets; deriving, using a computer, a set of needed business capabilities for the enterprise based on a strategy statement of the enterprise stored in a strategy catalog, a list of in-progress and planned projects across the enterprise, the indication of available assets of the enterprise, and an indication of planned assets of the enterprise, wherein deriving the set of needed business capabilities comprises: developing a plurality of solutions that enable a subset of the needed capabilities; rating each of the plurality of solutions based on a degree of association with both business and technology criteria; selecting a solution of the plurality of solutions that enables the subset of needed capabilities based on the rating; showing, by a computer, a plurality of time sequences of projects that enable the set of needed business capabilities to accomplish a transition strategy from the current state to a future state, wherein one of the plurality of time sequences of projects is shown for each of the resource categories, and wherein each of the projects of the plurality of time sequences of projects is assigned to one or more of the plurality of business domains; implementing the selected solution as one or more projects in one of the plurality of time sequences of projects that enable the set of needed business capabilities; and displaying, by a computer, for each of the resource categories, a future capability state of the enterprise as a set of desired capabilities that are enabled as a result of completing the projects.