Patent ID: 7552078
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for generating a transition plan for an enterprise portfolio of computer resources, the computer performing the steps of: storing in a computer memory an inventory data representing each of a plurality of computer resources available to an enterprise, wherein said inventory data includes, for each of said computer resources, a baseline set of current computer resource capabilities, wherein each of said computer resources has an associated state data representing its state within a life cycle state space including a develop state, a steady state and a dead state; providing a set of enterprise strategic goals for transitioning the enterprise portfolio of computer resources; translating said enterprise strategic goals into a set of future computer resource requirements for at least one of said computer resources; forming an initial transition plan, comprising actions pertaining to at least one of said computer resources, for transitioning from said current computer resource capabilities to said future computer resource requirements, based on said current computer resource capabilities and said future computer resource requirements, wherein said actions include a retain action, a retire action and a restructure action, and wherein said actions transition the associated state data of said computer resource among states within said life cycle state space; generating an optimized transition plan of actions pertaining to at least one of said computer resources for transitioning from said current computer resource capabilities to said future computer resource requirements, said generating including optimizing said initial transition plan; and outputting the optimized transition plan, wherein said translating said enterprise strategic goals into one or more future computer resource requirements is based on the expression  where n represents a specific time period among said N time periods, S X a K represents a total number of said computer resources, and wherein said optimizing said initial transition plan includes selecting a sequence of actions based on maximizing a business value for said enterprise portfolio of computer resources, wherein said maximizing bases the business value of each computer resource on: wherein said optimizing initial transition plan includes a backward inductive maximization to maximize said business value for said enterprise portfolio of computer resources based on the algorithm: where, ā represents a portfolio transition plan as a set of portfolio actions for the an entire time horizon, each portfolio action being a set of actions, each action corresponding to at least one computer resource of said enterprise portfolio, J N represents a number of time periods considered for said transition plan, X Z ā