Patent ID: 7684993

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving user-specified information pertaining to one or more business challenges of an organization, wherein the user-specified information comprises information describing a level at which the organization performs in meeting each of the one or more business challenges, the information describing the levels comprises a plurality of user-specified rankings, the plurality of user-specified rankings comprises one user-specified ranking of organization performance for each of the one or more business challenges, and each of the plurality of user-specified rankings represents a ranking on a ranking scale; identifying, using a processor, one or more predefined business processes that address the one or more business challenges of the organization, wherein the identifying comprises accessing a business process database coupled to the processor; estimating, using the processor, benefits that are to be gained by the organization when the one or more business challenges are successfully addressed, wherein the estimating comprises ranking a plurality of metrics based on one or more of the plurality of user-specified rankings, and adjusting the plurality of metrics based on the ranking of the plurality of metrics; and providing a recommendation to a user, wherein the recommendation identifies at least one of the one or more predefined business processes, the providing comprises displaying the recommendation on a display, and the display is coupled to the processor.