Patent ID: 8145518

Claim:
A method for analyzing business performance and opportunities by generating one or more series of heat map views of business components by a plurality of dimensions, comprising: associating information related to a plurality of dimensions with one or more business components; defining, by a processor, one or more dimensions from the plurality of dimensions, defining including at least selecting one or more dimensions from the plurality of dimensions, said plurality of dimensions including at least a time dimension, as-is and to-be dimension, and directional change for better or worse dimension; generating one or more series of heat map views of the said business components by said defined one of more dimensions, wherein a heat map view by time dimension if selected shows a heat map per interval over a selected period, a heat map view by as-is and to-be dimension if selected shows enterprise strategy and current status, a heat map view by directional change for better or worse dimension if selected shows whether a business is becoming better, worse, or staying the same; and presenting said series of heat map views of the business components by said selected one or more dimensions.