Patent ID: 8768750
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for aligning projects with an objective of an organization, the method comprising: prompting at least one user to input an objective comprising a measurable performance expectation related to environmental sustainability of an organization and one or more parameters describing the organization; automatically outputting suggested compliance requirements based upon a predefined relationship between the one or more parameters and one or more environmental regulations; storing in a data storage device an object representing the objective of the organization; storing in the data storage device a plurality of environmental sustainability projects of the organization; as data relating to a plurality of activities performed by the organization is received, establishing, by a computer processor, a computer-based logical link between the object representing the objective of the organization and one or more activity objects representing one or more of the plurality of activities performed as relating to at least some of the plurality of environmental sustainability projects of the organization; receiving data representing one or more respective metrics for each of the at least some of the plurality of environmental sustainability projects of the organization; and generating, by the computer processor, one or more key performance indicators for each of the at least some of the plurality of environmental sustainability projects of the organization, each key performance indicator indicating a contribution of a particular environmental sustainability project of the organization towards achieving the objective of the organization with respect to the suggested compliance requirements; and transferring, by the computer processor, a dashboard report comprising a representation of the one or more key performance indicators, the dashboard report generated based on the logical linking of the objective representing the objective of the organization and the one or more activity objects representing the one or more activities performed, the dashboard report transferred in a format selected from one or more of a computer-displayable format and a tangible format.