Invention Grant
- Patent Title: E-business value web
- Patent Title (中): 电子商务价值网
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Application No.: US10643987Application Date: 2003-08-20
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Publication No.: US08548837B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Marybeth Ahern , Michael J. Law
- Applicant: Marybeth Ahern , Michael J. Law
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotowski Safran & Cole, P.C.
- Agent Matthew Chung
- Main IPC: G06Q10/00
- IPC: G06Q10/00

Abstract:
A method and system is provided to manage and track changes in enterprise architectures. The invention provides a hierarchical visual management tool to manage and update relational information within an enterprise in a controlled fashion. The relationship may be maintained in a database and displayed via graphical user interface. Enterprise assets are categorized into such categories as goals, customer values or requirements, capabilities, resources, and the like. A hierarchy is constructed so that relationships between these various categories are identified and captured using the invention. Weights may be assigned to each element of the categories so that any proposed change to an enterprise architecture may be viewed so that a value can be ascertained and compared between other values of other proposed changes. In this manner, tracking and management of evolutionary changes to an architecture may be accomplished using relational information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050043977A1 E-business value web Public/Granted day:2005-02-24
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