Method, medium, and system for whole product gap analysis

A computer-implemented method of enabling a user to identify aspects of a whole product associated with a generic product, the method comprising:

• enabling a user to input information associated with the generic product;
• receiving user input specifying the information associated with the generic product;
• displaying to the user a list of items with an indication that the plurality of items are potentially required for providing the whole product;
• receiving, from the user, input specifying that one or more items in the list of items required for providing the whole product;
• for each of the one or more items in the list of items specified by the user as required for providing the whole product,
• automatically identifying a deliverable associated with the item based on at least a portion of the input information associated with the generic product, and displaying an indication of the deliverable in association with the item, and
• automatically identifying a person responsible for delivering the deliverable and displaying an indication of the person in association with the item and the deliverable;
• receiving input specifying that one or more items in the one or more items specified as required for providing the whole product are not currently in a business plan associated with the generic product;
• and
• filtering, by a computer processor, the displayed list of items so as to display a subset of the list comprising only those items specified by the user as required for providing the whole product but not currently in the business plan.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed in a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a process comprising:

• receiving input from a user specifying information associated with a generic product;
• indicating to the user a plurality of items with an indication that the plurality of items are potentially required for providing a whole product associated with the generic product;
• receiving input specifying that one or more items in the plurality of items is required for providing the whole product;
• for each of the one or more items specified as required for providing the whole product,
• automatically identifying and indicating to the user a deliverable associated with the item based on at least a portion of the input information associated with the generic product, and
• automatically identifying and indicating to the user a person responsible for delivering the deliverable;
• receiving input specifying that one or more items in the one or more items specified as required for providing the whole product are not currently in a business plan associated with the generic product;
• and
• filtering the plurality of items so as to indicate to the user only those items specified by the user as required for providing the whole product but not currently in the business plan associated with the generic product.

A computer system comprising:

• an input device;
• an output device;
• a processor coupled to the input device and the output device and configured to execute a process which includes:
• indicating to a user, via the output device, a plurality of items with an indication that the plurality of items are potentially required for providing a whole product associated with a generic product;
• receiving from the user, via the input device, user input specifying that one or more items in the plurality of items are required for providing the whole product;
• in response to receiving said user input, for each of the one or more items specified as required for providing the whole product, automatically identifying and indicating to the user, via the output device, a deliverable for the item and a person responsible for delivering the deliverable;
• receiving, from the user, user input specifying that one or more items in the one or more items specified as required for providing the whole product are not currently in a business plan associated with the generic product;
• and
• filtering the plurality of items so as to indicate to the user only those items specified by the user as required for providing the whole product but not currently in the business plan associated with the generic product.