Analyzing the capabilities of a business enterprise
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFRANCIS X. REDDINGTON, NEIL SAHOTA
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Abstract
Analyzing the capabilities of a business enterprise, including: identifying, by a capability advisor module, capabilities required to carry out a business initiative; identifying, by the capability advisor module, capabilities of the business enterprise; and determining, by the capability advisor module, lacking capabilities of the business enterprise that are required to carry out the business initiative in dependence upon the capabilities required to carry out the business initiative and the capabilities of the business enterprise.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of analyzing the capabilities of a business enterprise, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a capability advisor module, capabilities required to carry out a business initiative;
- identifying, by the capability advisor module, capabilities of the business enterprise;
- and
- determining, by the capability advisor module, lacking capabilities of the business enterprise that are required to carry out the business initiative in dependence upon the capabilities required to carry out the business initiative and the capabilities of the business enterprise.
An apparatus for analyzing the capabilities of a business enterprise, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
- identifying, by a capability advisor module, capabilities required to carry out a business initiative;
- identifying, by the capability advisor module, capabilities of the business enterprise;
- and
- determining, by the capability advisor module, lacking capabilities of the business enterprise that are required to carry out the business initiative in dependence upon the capabilities required to carry out the business initiative and the capabilities of the business enterprise.
A computer program product for analyzing the capabilities of a business enterprise, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
- identifying, by a capability advisor module, capabilities required to carry out a business initiative;
- identifying, by the capability advisor module, capabilities of the business enterprise;
- and
- determining, by the capability advisor module, lacking capabilities of the business enterprise that are required to carry out the business initiative in dependence upon the capabilities required to carry out the business initiative and the capabilities of the business enterprise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.