Patent Document ID: 20050246184
Application ID: 10833032
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-based method for assessing competence of an organization comprising multiple organizational units, the method comprising: storing in a computer scores, each score being related to an answer given by a human representative of one of the organizational units in response to one of a set of defined questions; assigning in the computer each of said scores to the respective one of the organizational units; calculating in the computer total scores for the organizational units, each of the total scores being calculated by adding up the scores assigned to the respective organizational unit; calculating in the computer weighted total scores for the organizational units, each of the weighted total scores being calculated by adding up weighted maximum scores assigned to the questions, the weighted maximum scores each depending on the respective organizational unit and the respective question; and calculation in the computer competence levels of the organizational units, each of the competence levels being calculated by scaling the total scores of the respective organizational unit to a scale of competence reaching from zero to a maximum competence, the maximum competence corresponding to the weighted total score calculated for the respective organizational unit.