Patent ID: 8265974

Claim:
A method for managing consumption of technological infrastructure associated with a business entity, the method comprising: defining, through statistical analysis performed by a computing device processor, a plurality of key consumption elements from amongst a plurality of business entity consumption element; receiving, by a computing device, consumption data associated with the plurality of key consumption elements; determining, by a computing device processor, a consumption index for at least a portion of the business entity based on the consumption data, wherein determining the consumption index further comprises determining a weighted consumption element score for each of the plurality of key consumption elements, wherein the weighted consumption element score is weighted based on a percentage of the total cost of the plurality of key consumption; storing, in computing device memory, the consumption index; evaluating, on an ongoing basis by a computing device processor, the key consumption elements and other business entity consumption elements not currently defined as key consumptions elements to determine their respective relevancy to the consumption index; and providing for one or more of (1) adding one or more of the other business entity consumption elements to the consumption index or (2) deleting one or more of the key consumption elements from the consumption index based on the evaluation of relevancy to the consumption index.