Abstract: An improved administration system for use in managing and reporting skill assessment data entered by users of a skill assessment tool is disclosed. The skill assessment tool of the preferred embodiment may include a large skill set of possibly-unrelated skills. A large, diverse use population may employ the skill assessment tool to enter data rating a user's proficiency at performing ones of the skills in the skill set. The resulting skill assessment data may therefore be both extensive and diverse. The administration system allows the skill assessment data to be reported using any selectable subset of the users or any selectable subset of the skills supported by the skill assessment tool.

Abstract: An improved skill set assessment system and method is disclosed for allowing a user to assess the user's proficiency at performing a predetermined set of skills related to the user's employment position. A user may complete the skill assessment process by reviewing only a subset of skills relevant to the user's current employment position, rather than the comprehensive list of skills provided by the assessment tool. This ability to review an abbreviated list of skills is obtained by using a minimum skill set definition. Minimum skill set definitions may be defined to reflect the hierarchical structure of the organization employing the assessment system.

Abstract: A system and method for management of resources estimated to be required to develop a product and distribution of resources allocated for the development of the product. A hierarchy of projects required for completion of the product is defined in a database, estimates of resource requirements are associated with the respective projects, and project-level target allocations of resources are associated with the respective projects. The project-level target allocations of resources are automatically summed for a calculated total target allocation of resources, and the calculated total target allocation of resources is associated with the product. An actual total target allocation of resources is assigned to the product, and the hierarchy of projects, associated estimates of resource requirements, project-level target allocations, the calculated total target allocation, and the actual target allocation of resources for the product are interactively displayed.

Abstract: A system and method for modeling activities of people in an organization. The organization is modeled using definitions of processes performed by the organization, definitions of data elements generated by the entities performing the processes, and definitions of relationships between the data elements generated and the processes. Each relationship definition symbolizes a data element provided by a first one of the processes and required by a second one of the processes. In an example embodiment, the database is accessible to a server system, and a client system is coupled to the server system. Responsive to an input control signal at the client system, a request is sent to the server system for organization modeling data. The client system displays the organization modeling data, wherein processes are depicted as nodes on a graph and the data elements are depicted as directed edges connecting nodes. The system also models events that cause transitions between the processes.