Patent ID: 8554593

Claim:
A method in computer system having a processor and a memory, for measuring and assessing an organization's business adaptability, the method comprising: creating a taxonomy in the memory, the taxonomy comprising a hierarchical list of taxonomy indicators that captures organizational elements that can be used to measure an organization's responsiveness to change wherein the taxonomy indicators are industry specific; assigning a set of weights associated with the elements of the taxonomy, indicating a relevant contribution of each element to an overall adaptability of an organization, wherein the weights are industry specific, wherein the weights are stored in the memory, and wherein the weights are determined from a data comparison of the organizational elements for a predetermined set of agile organizations to the organizational elements for a predetermined set of non-agile organizations; determining an enterprise profile for the organization from a series of organization specific inputs into the computer system; and calculating an adaptability result of the organization from the weights, taxonomy, and enterprise profile with the processor, wherein the adaptability result provides a quantitative assessment of the organization's adaptability, and wherein the adaptability result includes a profile index providing an indication of an enterprise agility, and one assessment index providing an indication of specific factors used in determining the indication of enterprise agility, and a confidence factor providing an indication of completeness of the enterprise profile.