Patent ID: 8335730

Claim:
A data processing system for scorecard reporting, the data processing system comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising: a scorecard database comprising performance data for a particular business function; and a metrics processing program operable to generate: evaluated key performance indicators for the particular business function based upon the performance data; evaluated objectives for the particular business function based upon the evaluated key performance indicators; and multiple different perspectives for the particular business function based upon the evaluated objectives; wherein the processor is operable to generate a scorecard display comprising a different scorecard window for each of the multiple different perspectives, each different scorecard window for a particular one of the multiple different perspectives, and comprising: at least one of the evaluated objectives underlying the particular one of the multiple different perspectives for the scorecard window in which the at least one evaluated objective is displayed; and at least one of the evaluated key performance indicators underlying at least one of the evaluated objectives displayed in each scorecard window.