Patent ID: 7647260

Claim:
A computer-based system for automated evaluation of a technology expenditure by an organization, the system comprising: a ROI data repository containing a plurality of ROI tools for calculating results comprising expected costs and benefits for the technology expenditure based on data about the technology expenditure and the organization; and a processor and memory linked to the ROI data repository and configured to execute an application, the application comprising: a data collection module for obtaining data about the technology expenditure and the organization; a selection module having predefined logic to analyze said data about the technology expenditure and the organization obtained by the data collection module and to select two or more of said plurality of ROI tools from the ROI data repository based on the analyzed data; a configuration module for providing the data about the technology expenditure and the organization obtained by the data collection module to two or more selected ROI tools, whereby the data provided is used by the at least two selected ROI tools to calculate results comprising expected costs and benefits for the technology expenditure; and an aggregation module for receiving the results from the at least two selected ROI tools and combining the results according to predefined result combination rules, wherein the predefined result combination rules are included in the aggregation module.