Julie L Hammond

US Patent:

20090063223, Mar 5, 2009

Filed:

Aug 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/896383

Inventors:

Mitchel Dru Elwell - Chillicothe IL, US
Jeffery Murray Pohl - Mapleton IL, US
Julie Lynn Hammond - Peoria IL, US
Leslie Jane Paulson - Peoria IL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

A system for assessing a level of conformance of a business process with one more activities is disclosed. The disclosed system includes a memory to store program code and a process to assess the level of conformance. The assessment process includes storing a process standard, a business process classification, and a conformance scoring criterion, and determining a first conformance score for a first activity in the business process based on the conformance scoring criterion and the process standard. The assessment process further includes the steps of determining a second conformance score for a group of activities including the first activity based on one or more conformance scores including the first conformance score, determining a third conformance score based on the second conformance score, and assessing the level of conformance of the business process based on the third conformance score.