Patent ID: 8326659

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for performing assessment within a multi-level institution, the method comprising: a programmable computer configured to perform the steps of: storing, by a computer, a model of a plurality of organizational levels of the institution, wherein each organizational level includes at least one respective, associated node; receiving a selection of a node associated with at least one organizational level of the plurality of organizational levels of the institution; presenting to a user at least one customizable assessment project associated with the at least one organizational level of the plurality of organizational levels of the institution, wherein the at least one customizable assessment project comprises a plurality of forms that are defined by an editable template, wherein each of the plurality of forms has a predefined relationship, in a vertical hierarchy, with the remaining plurality of forms, and wherein at least two forms, from the plurality of forms, have different levels in the vertical hierarchy; and completing the at least one customizable assessment project based, at least in part, on first input received from the user, wherein an addition of a first form, to the plurality of forms, at a level in the vertical hierarchy causes a generation of a second form, to the plurality of forms, at a sublevel to the level in the vertical hierarchy, wherein the added second form is associated with the added first form, and wherein the added second form comprises at least one field that is aligned with at least one field from the added first form.