Patent ID: 7168045
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An article comprising machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations comprising: receiving information in an integrated resource and program management application, the information describing a plurality of business objects in a business enterprise; modeling the business objects as graphic objects, each of the graphic objects comprising an object size, an object interior and an object boundary, the object size representing at least two separate first aspects of a corresponding business object, the object interior representing a second aspect of a corresponding business object, and the object boundary representing a third aspect of a corresponding business object; positioning the graphic objects in a two-dimensional coordinate system based on two additional aspects of the corresponding business objects; and making each of the graphic objects responsive to selection; wherein making each of the graphic objects responsive to selection comprises making each of the graphic objects a link to another view, the business objects comprise business programs, the object size comprises a height and a width, the object interior comprises an object color, and the object boundary comprises an object shape, and the height represents budget, the width represents return on investment, the object color represents risk and status, and the object shape represents status.