Patent ID: 8135638
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of summarizing risk ratings to facilitate an analysis of risks, said method comprising: weighting, by a computing system, each item of a plurality of items and each family of a plurality of families, wherein each family of said plurality of families includes one or more items of said plurality of items, and wherein said plurality of items are related to each other by a common functionality; weighting, by said computing system, each risk of a plurality of risks, each sub-category of a plurality of sub-categories and each category of a plurality of categories, said weighting each risk determining a weight for each risk, wherein each category of said plurality of categories includes one or more sub-categories of said plurality of sub-categories, and wherein said plurality of risks is associated with each item of said plurality of items; generating, by said computing system, a questionnaire report that includes a plurality of questions, wherein said questionnaire report corresponds to an item of said plurality of items, wherein said plurality of risks is formulated as said plurality of questions, and wherein said questions of said plurality of questions are associated with predetermined answers of a plurality of predetermined answers; evaluating, by said computing system, said plurality of risks for each item of said plurality of items, wherein said evaluating includes: calculating, by a processor of said computing system, a first summarized risk rating summarized by said category, wherein said first summarized risk rating summarized by said category is included in a first set of summarized risk ratings that are associated with said item and with said plurality of categories, wherein said first summarized risk rating summarized by said category includes a weighted percentage of said one or more indications, wherein said first summarized risk rating summarized by said category is a first weight of said category multiplied by a sum of one or more summarized risk ratings for a set of one or more sub-categories included in said category, wherein a summarized risk rating for a sub-category of said set of one or more sub-categories is included in said one or more summarized risk ratings for said set of one or more sub-categories and is a second weight of said sub-category multiplied by a risk rating of said item, wherein said risk rating of said item is a third weight of said item multiplied by a sum of one or more weights of said one or more risks, wherein said first weight and said second weight are a result of said weighting each sub-category of said plurality of sub-categories and each category of said plurality of categories, and wherein said third weight is a result of said weighting each item of said plurality of items; displaying, by said computing system, a first summary report, wherein said first summary report includes said first summarized risk rating and other summarized risk ratings of said first set of summarized risk ratings, wherein said first summary report groups said summarized risk ratings of said first set of summarized risk ratings by said categories of said plurality of categories, wherein said first summary report includes a hyperlink, and wherein a result of said displaying said first summary report is a first analysis by a first team consisting of a first plurality of persons whose responsibility is to meet a plurality of objectives using said plurality of items pre-identified by said first team as being in a scope of an evaluation of said plurality of risks; receiving, by said computing system, a selection of said hyperlink; calculating, by said processor of said computing system, a second summarized risk rating summarized by said sub-category, wherein said second summarized risk rating summarized by said sub-category is included in a second set of summarized risk ratings that are associated with said item and with said plurality of sub-categories, and wherein said second summarized risk rating summarized by said sub-category is said second weight of said sub-category multiplied by said risk rating of said item; automatically displaying, by said computing system and in response to said receiving said selection of said hyperlink, a second summary report, wherein said second summary report includes said second summarized risk rating and other summarized risk ratings of said second set of summarized risk ratings, wherein said second summary report groups said summarized risk ratings of said second set of summarized risk ratings by said sub-categories of said plurality of sub-categories, wherein a result of said automatically displaying is a second analysis by a second team consisting of a second plurality of persons whose responsibility is to identify and evaluate said plurality of risks, wherein said plurality of risks is specific to said scope, and wherein said first team is different from said second team; said computing system determining said first summarized risk rating is greater than a first predetermined value based on said first analysis; said computing system determining said second summarized risk rating is greater than a second predetermined value based on said second analysis; in response to said determining said first summarized risk rating is greater than said first predetermined value, said computing system performing a first action so as to mitigate a first risk of said one or more risks and to decrease said first summarized risk rating to an updated first summarized risk rating that is less than or equal to said first predetermined value; and in response to said determining said second summarized risk rating is greater than said second predetermined value, said computing system performing a second action so as to mitigate a second risk of said one or more risks and to decrease said second summarized risk rating to an updated second summarized risk rating that is less than or equal to said second predetermined value.