Patent ID: 7925594

Claim:
A method of developing a process roadmap for at least one business system using a computer system to perform the following operations comprising: identifying at least one business process; determining business goals and key process metrics for the at least one business process; measuring process maturity levels of the at least one business process, wherein measuring the process maturity levels comprises measuring a visibility maturity level, that at least indicates the extent that information is ascertainable from at least one system of the at least one business process, the measuring the visibility maturity level comprises (a)-(f): (a) evaluating data availability of the at least one system of the at least one business process; (b) evaluating ease of access of the at least one system of the at least one business process; (c) evaluating security of the at least one system of the at least one business process; (d) evaluating ease of maintenance of the at least one system of the at least one business process; (e) evaluating reliability of the at least one system of the at least one business process; and (f) evaluating real time availability of data of the at least one system of the at least one business process; identifying well defined business process improvement initiatives based on the measured process maturity levels that comprise the visibility maturity level, wherein the business process improvement initiatives comprise activities determined to minimize cost and maximize benefit for the at least one business process; and developing a process roadmap for the at least one business system, the developing the process roadmap comprises linking the at least one business process to at least one of the business goals and key process metrics, the process maturity levels and the business process improvement initiatives.