Patent ID: 8571906

Claim:
A computer readable medium configured to store instructions that are executable by a processing device, the computer readable medium comprising: logic adapted to store information that defines a hierarchy within an enterprise, the hierarchy including a tree structure where each of a plurality of supervisors is placed in a supervisory position over one or more subordinates and each supervisor is subordinate to at most one other supervisor, wherein each element of the tree structure is an identity of an employee of the enterprise; logic adapted to assign a task for each of the plurality of supervisors to perform, wherein performing the task by a first supervisor depends in part on completion of the task by each of the one or more respective subordinates; logic adapted to determine if one or more subordinates are causing a delay in the progress towards completion of the task within the hierarchy based on the tree structure; and logic adapted to generate a report identifying the subordinates, if any, who are causing a delay in the task completion progress; wherein the information that defines the hierarchy within the enterprise is stored in a human resources system of the enterprise.