Systems and Methods for Facilitating Information Technology Assessments
AssigneeCox Communications, Inc.
InventorsThomas G. Guthrie, Julie Samantha Rachel, Kelly James Hobbie
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for facilitating IT assessments. According to one embodiment, a method for representing information technology impact on an enterprise is provided. The method may include characterizing each of multiple IT applications according to multiple factors; and generating an operational impact index value for each of the IT applications based at least in part on the characterization of the respective IT application. Each operational impact index value may relate to an impact index scale representing a relative impact of the respective IT application on an enterprise.
Claims29
A method for representing information technology impact on an enterprise, comprising:
- characterizing, by an IT assessment system comprising one or more computers, each of a plurality of information technology (IT) applications according to a plurality of factors;
- and
- generating, by the IT assessment system, an operational impact index value (OIIV) for each of the plurality of IT applications based at least in part on the characterization of the respective IT application;
- wherein each OIIV relates to an impact index scale representing a relative impact of the respective IT application on the enterprise.
A system for representing information technology impact on an enterprise, comprising:
- a memory operable to store computer-executable instructions;
- a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- characterize each of a plurality of information technology (IT) applications according to a plurality of factors;
- and
- generate an operational impact index value (OIIV) for each of the plurality of IT applications based at least in part on the characterization of the respective IT application, wherein each Oily relates to an impact index scale representing a relative impact of the respective IT application on the enterprise.
A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having computer-executable instructions embodied therein, said computer-executed instructions operable for representing information technology impact on an enterprise by:
- characterizing each of a plurality of information technology (IT) applications according to a plurality of factors;
- and
- generating an operational impact index value (OIIV) for each of the plurality of IT applications based at least in part on the characterization of the respective IT application;
- wherein each OIIV relates to an impact index scale representing a relative impact of the respective IT application on an enterprise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.