Patent ID: 8234153

Claim:
A computer implemented method for reviewing performance appraisals comprising: retrieving, by a computer processor, stored appraisal data of a plurality of selected individuals; simulating, by the computer processor, compensation changes for the selected individuals by applying the individuals' review data to a stored rule set; displaying, by the computer processor, indicators representing the individuals in a tiered display and the simulated compensation changes to a reviewing user, wherein the tiered display includes a plurality of tiers corresponding to different levels of personnel performance, and each indicator is displayed in one tier according to a respective individual's appraisal data; moving, by the computer processor, an indicator from one tier to a second tier according to user input; re-simulating, by the computer processor, compensation changes for an individual associated with the moved indicator according to revised appraisal data corresponding to the second tier, and displaying, by the computer processor, the moved indictor in the second tier and the re-simulated compensation changes to the user.