Patent ID: 7756732

Claim:
A system for providing a customized assurance report in real-time on information relating to the performance of a business enterprise, comprising: a first memory including a data structure for storing information corresponding to the performance of the business enterprise, including (1) event-based information corresponding to events affecting future value potential of value streams of the business enterprise and (2) assumptions related to the event-based information; a filter coupled to the first memory for selecting a set of the event-based information and the assumptions related to the event-based information for an outcome display; a calculation engine coupled to the filter for determining financial and non-financial outcomes for the generation of the outcome display based on the selected set of the event-based information and the assumptions related to the event-based information; one or more second memories for storing (1) assurance procedure decision rules for selecting a subset of automated assurance procedures to be performed on results of the outcome display, wherein the automated assurance procedures are based on assurance criteria comprising accuracy, integrity and timeliness; (2) a set of automated assurance procedures from which the subset of automated assurance procedures is selected and used to independently verify the results of the outcome display based on the relevant assurance criteria; (3) assurance report component decision rules for selecting a subset of assurance report components for the customized assurance report; and (4) a set of assurance report components from which the subset of assurance report components is selected for the customized assurance report; and a module coupled to the one or more second memories and the calculation engine for automatically assembling the customized assurance report in real-time based on the results of performing the selected subset of automated assurance procedures on the results of the outcome display based on the assurance procedure decision rules and the assurance report component decision rules.