Patent Document ID: 7742939
Application ID: 11072185
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for defining a visibility index for a project comprising: a data store comprising: a plurality of categories, each of which characterizes an aspect of the project, wherein the plurality of categories comprises: a size of the project; a complexity of the project; a priority of the project; a schedule flexibility of the project; and a duration of the project; an assessment of the size of a first project; an assessment of the complexity of the first project; an assessment of the priority of the first project; an assessment of the schedule flexibility of the first project; an assessment of the duration of the first project; an assessment of the size of a second project; an assessment of the complexity of the second project; an assessment of the priority of the second project; an assessment of the schedule flexibility of the second project; an assessment of the duration of the second project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the size of the first project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the complexity of the first project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the priority of the first project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the schedule flexibility of the first project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the duration of the first project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the size of the second project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the complexity of the second project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the priority of the second project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the schedule flexibility of the second project; a score that quantifies the assessment of the duration of the second project; a first weight associated with the size of the project category; a second weight associated with the complexity of the project category; a third weight associated with the priority of the project category; a fourth weight associated with the schedule flexibility of the project category; a fifth weight associated with the duration of the project category, wherein each of the first weight, the second weight, the third weight, the fourth weight, and the fifth weight quantify a relative importance of the corresponding category; a visibility index calculator stored as a set of computer readable instructions in a data store that, when executed by a processor, derives a first visibility index associated with the first project based on summing a first product, a second product, a third product, a fourth product, and a fifth product, wherein the first product is formed by multiplying the first weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the size of the first project, wherein the second product is formed by multiplying the second weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the complexity of the first project, wherein the third product is formed by multiplying the third weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the priority of the first project, wherein the fourth product is formed by multiplying the fourth weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the schedule flexibility of the first project, wherein the fifth product is formed by multiplying the fifth weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the duration of the first project, derives a second visibility index associated with the second project based on summing a sixth product, a seventh product, an eighth product, a ninth product, and a tenth product, wherein the sixth product is formed by multiplying the first weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the size of the second project, wherein the seventh product is formed by multiplying the second weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the complexity of the second project, wherein the eighth product is formed by multiplying the third weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the priority of the second project, wherein the ninth product is formed by multiplying the fourth weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the schedule flexibility of the second project, wherein the tenth product is formed by multiplying the fifth weight times the score that quantifies the assessment of the duration of the second project, and correlating, by the processor, the first visibility index and the second visibility index with a level of attention the first project and the second project will be given.