Patent ID: 8452633

Claim:
A computer implemented method for aligning a plurality of projects with a plurality of organizational goals, said method comprising: storing, in a memory, a relationship between a first goal in said plurality of organizational goals and a second goal in said plurality of organizational goals; storing, in the memory, a weight for said first goal in said plurality of organizational goals, said weight indicative of an importance of said first goal in achieving said second goal in said plurality of organizational goals; storing, in the memory, a contribution value for a first project relative to said first goal, said contribution value indicative of the importance of said first project in achieving said first goal relative to said second goal; determining, by a computer processor, a strategic impact of said first project as a function of said contribution value of said first project relative to each of the plurality of projects; comparing said strategic impact of said first project on a first objective criteria indicative of the importance of said first project relative to the importance of each of the plurality of projects; and generating a resource allocation to said first project as a function of a relationship of said strategic impact to said objective criteria, wherein said first objective criteria comprises an amount of money assigned to said first project, wherein said strategic impact of said first project is a function of said weight of said first goal and the contribution value of said first project, and wherein said strategic impact of said first project is calculated according to an expression: S ⁢ [ i ] = ∑ j = 1 G ⁢ P ⁢ [ i ] ⁡ [ j ] * G ⁢ [ j ] ⁢ ⁢ ∀ ⁢ i = 1 ⁢ ⁢ … ⁢ ⁢ P where S[i] is a strategic impact of a project i; P[i][j] is a contribution value of project i to goal j; G[j] is a weight of goal j; G is a total number of goals; and P is a total number of projects.