Patent Document ID: 9383900
Application ID: 13611005
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for managing an operational environment comprising: a computing device comprising hardware and software identifying an enterprise architecture model, which is a business processing model notation (BPMN) model constructed in conformance with a BPMN language, wherein the enterprise architecture model is a static snapshot representing an enterprise architecture information that by default does not include operational data from an operational environment, wherein the enterprise architectural model is mapped to an operational environment of computing resources utilized by the enterprise within an operational dashboard, wherein the enterprise architecture model comprises of an entity, wherein the entity is at least one of an operational node, an architecture component node, a resource, a goal, and a constraint of an enterprise organization, wherein the operational environment comprises of an element, wherein the element is at least one of a computing resource and a computing resource state associated with the enterprise organization, wherein information of the operational environment is monitored and updated in real time to establish a dynamic snapshot of operational data; the computing device mapping entities in the static snapshot of the enterprise architecture model to elements in the dynamic snapshot of the operational environment to determine relationships between the enterprise architecture model entities and operational assets of the operational environment; the computing device analyzing the enterprise architecture model and the operational environment to determine differences between the operational environment and the enterprise architecture model, based on real-time metrics from the dynamic snapshot collected from the operational environment; and the computing device presenting an architectural view of the business processing model within the operational dashboard, wherein the operational dashboard is part of a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a graph that is a graphical representation of the enterprise architecture model, said graph comprising nodes representing entities, within the graphical user interface showing real time event notifications occurring within the operational environment that are mapped to entities shown in the graph, said notifications comprising non-compliance notifications, error notifications, and conflict notifications providing real-time notifications for the determined differences of the analyzing step, wherein the analyzing and the presenting are repeated while the operational dashboard is active in an application session to enable real-time management of the enterprise architecture and of the operational environment.