Patent ID: 8713481
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A three-dimensional navigational cube, comprising a three-dimensional data structure of data stored in a tangible storage device of a computer system: wherein the navigational cube is being displayed on a display device of the computer system; wherein the displayed navigational cube is configured to be navigated for use by a service provider to enable the service provider to select at least one vendor for meeting requirements of the service provider for deploying a selected service in a service delivery environment; wherein the displayed navigational cube comprises mutually orthogonal axes that include a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis; wherein a plurality of subservices of the selected service, a plurality of vendors, and a plurality of requirements are respectively represented on the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis to define elements at each unique combination of subservice, vendor, and requirement; wherein each element having an associated subservice, vendor, and requirement stores an associated first measure, second measure, and third measure; wherein each element is configured to display its stored first measure, second measure, and third measure upon being selected by a selection device; wherein the first measure is a total impact assessment score that is equal to a summation over a product of each impact criterion of implementing each subservice and a weight assigned to each impact criterion; wherein the second measure is a total vendor assessment score that is equal to a summation over a product of a difference between a target and actual value of each vendor assessment criterion with respect to each subservice and a weight assigned to each vendor assessment criterion; wherein the third measure is a total requirement assessment score that is equal to a product of a score indicative of each vendor's ability to meet each requirement for implementing each subservice and a weight assigned to each requirement pertaining to each subservice; and wherein the displayed navigational cube is configured to be rotated in a selected direction of different directions in order for data of the data structure to be viewable in respective different planes.