Patent Document ID: 20020137015
Application ID: 09816678
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of using a computer to gather information about an organizational process or system, comprising: prompting an assessor to select at least two standards against which to assess the organizational process or system, where at least one question is provided within a computer to assess each selected standard; displaying on a display device the at least one question associated with the selected standards, the question being adapted to prompt an assessor to input the assessor's perceptions of the organizational process or system; receiving a first input from an input device, the first input reflecting the assessor's perception of the organizational process or system; comparing within a processing unit of a computer the first input to a first value, and, if the first input has a first predetermined characteristic in relation to the first values, then prompting the assessor to identify evidence that supports the first input, and if the supporting evidence is identified, then validating the first input for subsequent evaluation, and if the supporting evidence is not identified, then inhibiting validation of the first input until the evidence is identified or until the first input is changed to have second predetermined characteristics in relation to the first value.