Patent ID: 7805381
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method in a computing system, the method comprising: the computer system receiving a definition of a skill assessment group for a skill; the computer system receiving from an employee a first value representing a self-assessment of the skill of the employee; the computer system determining reviewers based at least in part on the skill assessment group definition for the skill; the computer system displaying a list of the determined reviewers on a user-interface; in response to the employee selecting a button on the user-interface, the computer system sending a request to each of the determined reviewers to provide a value representing their respective assessment of the skill of the employee; the computer system receiving second values from at least some of the determined reviewers, wherein each of the second values represents a respective assessment of the skill of the employee; the computer system calculating a third value as a function of the second values; and the computer system comparing the third value with the first value; the computer system replacing a value stored in memory with the first value if the third value is greater than or equal to the first value, wherein the value represents a prior assessment of the skill of the employee.