Patent ID: 8244565

Claim:
A productivity and utilization tracking system for an organization that includes individuals, the system comprising: an input device; a processor in communication with said input device; a memory in communication with said processor, wherein said memory comprises a database for each of said individuals of said organization that: 1) identifies each direct task worked on by each of said individuals during a session of work, 2) includes direct time applied to each of said identified direct tasks during said session of work, 3) includes a number of units for each of said identified direct tasks corresponding to each of said applied direct times, wherein each direct task, direct time and number of units is entered into said memory via said input device, and 4) identifies each direct task as a process step or a completion step within an overall process; and a visual display electrically connected to said processor; wherein said processor is configured to: count toward a number of completed units those units that were processed by the completion step within said overall process, and avoid counting those units that were processed only by process steps; and prepare a screen to be shown on said visual display, said screen containing productivity and/or utilization information for an individual with respect to said overall process based on said direct tasks, said direct times and said number of completed units associated with said individual that are present in said database.