Patent ID: 8577718

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for optimizing the level of engagement of components within a defined ecosystem or context, the method comprising: defining an initial ecosystem or context ‘A’ in structural, functional, operational, and conceptual terms in a computer; identifying one or more components in the defined ecosystem or context ‘A’; determining whether all identified components account for all of the structural, functional, operational, and conceptual terms of the initial ecosystem or context ‘A’; quantifying at least one of a level of disengagement and a level of engagement for each of the identified components in the computer; determining whether the quantifying of the at least one of the level of disengagement and the level of engagement is complete; for each of the identified components, measuring one or more gaps between a current component engagement level and a potential component engagement level in the computer; and outputting a report associated with the one or more identified components and the one or more measured gaps between the current component engagement level and the potential component engagement level.