Patent ID: 7707511

Claim:
An interactive risk management system for an organization comprising: a computer including: a processor; an input device; a display device for displaying a graphic user interface including a browser; a memory; and a multi-dimensional mapping for visual display of steps of a plurality of processes carried out by the organization and at least one risk message associated with at least one of the steps, wherein the mapping includes a plurality of horizontal lanes corresponding to at least one process carried out by a unit of the organization having at least one step in one of the plurality of horizontal lanes that is vertically connected to a step in a different horizontal lane that is carried out by another unit of the organization, the multi-dimensional mapping being stored in the memory; wherein the processor, in response to user selections through the input device, displays to the user through the browser the multi-dimensional mapping of the plurality of processes, with each of a set of the displayed processes having an associated user actuatable display region; and wherein the processor, in response to user actuation of an actuatable display region of a selected step, displays to the user through the browser the at least one risk message associated with the selected step, thereby displaying to the user information about the selected step and its associated risks; wherein the processor operates mapping software to display the mapping and the steps of the plurality of processes carried out by the organization as graphical representations on the display; and wherein the mapping software displays a graphical image on the display to indicate risk information available to the user.