Patent ID: 7672924

Claim:
A method of automating a decision-making process related to an organization based on a collection of data reflecting a state of the organization, the method comprising: selecting discrete coupleable items executable in a computer-implemented workflow environment, wherein the discrete coupleable items encapsulate work associated with activities identified by decomposing the decision-making process; said discrete coupleable items comprising: a set of executable query directives, each executable query directive defining a query to be run against the collection of data; a set of executable analysis directives, each executable analysis directive defining an analysis to be performed based on results of a query; and a set of executable distribution directives; each executable distribution directive defining distribution of information based on an analysis to one or more destinations; creating an executable workflow by coupling at least one of said executable query directives, at least one of said executable analysis directives, and at least one of said executable distribution directives; and executing said executable workflow to run said query against said collection of data, perform said analysis based on the results of said query, and distribute the results of said analysis to said one or more destinations.