Patent Document ID: 7865383
Application ID: 11581179
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for forecasting organizational performance, comprising the steps of: a) gathering information through at least one survey of an organization and storing the information in an electronic database; based on the gathered information, classifying the organization into one of four types of organizations, wherein the classification types consist of: an enterprise, a team, a community or an individual; and b) based on the gathered and stored information, evaluating and determining the organization's architecture and practices, expertise and exigency, and balance and sustainability; and c) based on at least the data determined in step b), generating a conceptual graph that maps a relationship between an organization's levels of expertise and the level of urgency necessitated by an event facing the organization, wherein the conceptual graph depicts a threshold indicating the corresponding level of urgency the organization is capable of meeting; d) based on the gathered and determined data in steps a) through c), generating assessments of an organization's risk, vulnerability, readiness and performance levels; e) defining possible Event Types an organization may face: wherein a Type I Event is planned and directly attributable to the mission, goals and objectives of an organization; wherein a Type II Event is directly attributable to the organization's presence in an environment and prompts a response by the organization; wherein a Type III Event is directly attributable to negligence, carelessness, slipshodness, inattention and/or an omission of an organization and is not a positive event; wherein a Type IV Event is not directly attributable to the organization's presence, action or inaction and is not a positive event; f) based on the Event Type and information gathered and determined in steps a) through d), predicting products, results, impacts and consequences of the various events; wherein the products are defined as first order outcomes of an organization's efforts in response to an event; wherein the results are defined as second order outcomes resulting from the products provided by the organization; wherein the impacts are defined as an end result directly and indirectly attributable to the products and the results; wherein the consequences are defined as a combination of all directly and indirectly attributable effects of the products, the results and the impacts; and wherein the consequences define an ultimate end result of the organization's efforts; g) storing the information gathered and determined in steps a) through f) in the electronic database.