Patent ID: 8190468

Claim:
A method of determining comparable performance measures for employees having differing task assignments, comprising: storing employee task data in a database of a computing system, wherein said employee task data includes a number of tasks completed and an amount of time spent on at least one completed task; generating, in a computer having a processor and a memory, sets of task scores based on a selected model design of task assignments utilizing said employee task data; selecting a centralized composite design as said model design; performing a plurality of evaluations of said sets of task scores, said evaluations assigning productivity scores to said sets of task scores; analyzing said productivity scores to determine productivity parameters, wherein analyzing said productivity scores comprises using said processor, according to instructions stored in said memory, to apply linear regression techniques to said productivity scores utilizing said computing system; and applying, in the computer, said productivity parameters to employee task scores for said employees to obtain said performance measures for said employees.