Patent ID: 8930853
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a series of diagrammatic models and visual displays thereof for use within an organizational architecture framework, said method comprising the steps of: identifying common services for an organization which is to be represented by the organizational architecture framework; identifying a set of fundamental elements which are fundamental to the organization; identifying a set of specific contextual elements to the organization that are required for the organizational architecture framework to be created, the specific contextual elements being derived from the fundamental elements; identifying instances of said specific contextual elements; representing said set of specific contextual elements in a first diagrammatic model; identifying at least a further set of specific contextual elements and representing said further set in at least one further diagrammatic model; interlinking said specific contextual element instances in a model integration step by interlinking said specific contextual elements in the first model via a data link to further diagrammatic models and/or specific contextual elements; storing each of the specific contextual elements and links between the specific contextual elements and the first and further diagrammatic models in a database; generating for selective display on a display screen a visual display for each of the first and further diagrammatic models; said visual displays including a user selectable representation of the specific contextual elements in each of the first and further diagrammatic models; and wherein at least one of said specific contextual elements shown on the visual display which is generated on screen for the first diagrammatic model is selectable by a user via a user controlled selection means and, upon selection, the database is accessed to access the first and farther diagrammatic model to which said selected specific contextual element is linked and the visual display representing said further diagrammatic model is displayed on screen instead of, or in addition to, said first visual display diagrammatic model with which said user can view and/or selectively interact wherein access to said further such diagrammatic models is achieved by selecting a specific contextual element instance in the first visual display, said selection causing generation of the further diagrammatic model on the visual display which provides greater detail relating to the selected specific contextual element instance while selectively displaying the selected specific contextual element instance, and the specific contextual elements are selected from a group consisting of a combination of resources, capabilities and personnel within the organization; wherein the method includes a search facility for the user to select to search for a specific contextual element instance which appears in the first and further diagrammatic models generated as a result of the method; the user selecting a first specific contextual element from the first diagrammatic model and the database in which the specific contextual elements and links between the specific contextual element instances are stored is searched for the selected specific contextual element instance and the user is informed of all of the further diagrammatic models within the organizational architecture framework in which the selected specific contextual element instance is present; and wherein selecting a specific contextual element allows the user to drill down through successive modeling techniques linked by the selected contextual element to provide a series of successive and different diagrammatic models modelled using different modelling techniques linked by the selected contextual element.