Flexible baselines in a forecasting system

A computer implemented method, of maintaining information in a database of a computer and propagating information in real-time through to reduce delays in generating an updated baseline forecast, the method comprising:

• executing code by a computer to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a set of initial forecast data representing a prediction or judgment for a future event by the computer;
• for each organization, storing the forecast data in the database;
• incorporating the set of initial forecast data into the database for analytical processing dedicated to the organization;
• processing the initial forecast data by the computer to determine the prediction or judgment for the future event and generating an initial baseline forecast from information stored in the database, including the initial forecast data;
• receiving updates to the information stored in the database on an asynchronous or random basis, the updates including changes to the initial forecast data and comments about the initial forecast data;
• updating the database every time T1, wherein T1 is an amount of time;
• identifying some updated information as private and remaining updated information is non-private;
• identifying some updated information as allowed and the remaining updated information as denied;
• processing the updates by the computer to incorporate the non-private and allowed updates into the database, the database including updates to the initial forecast data for any changes to the initial forecast data;
• associating any comments about the initial forecast data, including any comments about the updated forecast data, with the forecast data;
• propagating the processed updates, the received comments, and the received changes to the initial forecast data in essentially real-time throughout the database to (i) associate the received comments and changes with the forecast information and (ii) asynchronously update the baseline forecast with the received updated non-private information changes of the forecast information in essentially real-time;
• associating the received comments and changes with the forecast information;
• asynchronously updating the baseline forecast with the received changes of the forecast information in essentially real-time;
• storing the updates in the database;
• and
• generating an updated baseline forecast from the updated database and the initial baseline forecast.