Patent ID: 8332252

Claim:
A computer implemented method for evaluating the impact of a project implementation within a customer situation, said method comprising: (i) for each category of a plurality of categories associated with the project implementation of a project, creating base profiles, said creating base profiles comprising: a computer processor collecting customer data related to cost over a time duration defined by a start date and an end date, said processor generating a base profile of cost versus time over the time duration such that the base profile pertains to the project not being implemented, said processor generating a target profile of cost versus time over the time duration such that the target profile pertains to the project being implemented without accounting for project costs associated with timing requirements to implement the project, said processor generating a transformation profile of cost versus time over the time duration such that the transformation profile pertains to the project being implemented with accounting for said project costs associated with the timing requirements to implement the project, wherein the base profile, the target profile, and the transformation profile coincide at the start date, wherein the target profile and the transformation profile coincide at the end date, and wherein the base profile does not coincide with the target profile and the transformation profile at the end date; (ii) after said creating base profiles, generating a business case model, wherein said generating the business case model comprises: said processor generating a base cumulative profile of cost versus time over the time duration by cumulating the base profiles of the categories of the plurality of categories, said processor generating a target cumulative profile of cost versus time over the time duration by cumulating the target profiles of the categories of the plurality of categories, and said processor generating a transformation cumulative profile of cost versus time over the time duration by cumulating the transformation profiles of the categories of the plurality of categories; and (iii) said processor displaying the base cumulative profile, the target cumulative profile, and the transformation cumulative profile.