Patent Document ID: 20040064489
Application ID: 10259993
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of analyzing potential problems, the steps of the method comprising: identifying a plurality of potential problems; for each identified potential problem, assigning a numerical value for the probability of the occurrence of the problem; for each identified potential problem, assigning a numerical value for the seriousness of the problem; for each identified potential problem, calculating a first product of the value assigned for the probability of the problem's occurrence and the value assigned for the problem's seriousness; for each identified potential problem, assigning a numerical value for the coefficient of seriousness of the problem; for each identified potential problem, calculating a second product of the value assigned for the coefficient of seriousness of the problem and the value assigned for the problem's seriousness; and for each identified potential problem, calculating a relative priority value from the sum of the first product and the second product.