Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for measuring and assessing an organization's business adaptability is provided. In one embodiment, a taxonomy comprising a hierarchical list of taxonomy indicators that captures organizational elements that can be used to measure an organization's responsiveness to change is created. The taxonomy indicators are industry specific. A set of weights associated with the elements of the taxonomy, indicating a relevant contribution of each element to an overall adaptability of an organization, is assigned. The set of weights are industry specific. An enterprise profile is created assigning a level of adaptability to each taxonomy indicator indicating where, in a range of scores from low to high, an enterprise rates relative to the relevant taxonomy indicator. An adaptability result of the organization from the weights, taxonomy, and enterprise profile is then calculated. The adaptability result provides a quantitative assessment of the organization's adaptability.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for assembling a project team is provided. In one embodiment potential team members, such as, for example, retirees from a company, with appropriate qualifications are notified of a project for which team members are needed. The potential team members are identified based on information contained in a database of potential team members. Along with the notification of the project, the potential team members receive a request for bids. The entity then receives a bid from a responding potential team member and compares the bid to bid acceptance criteria. If the bid meets bid acceptance criteria, a bid acceptance is sent to the responding potential team member and the responding potential team member is notified of other members of the project team.

Abstract: Techniques are described for determining the complexity of a computing environment. The techniques include developing a model for the complexity of a computing environment based on the quantity of particular elements of the computing environment. The model includes two statistical weights for each element in the complexity model. One statistical weight is applied to each element to provide a complexity rating of the element. Another statistical weight is applied to each element to provide a complexity rating across all elements.

Abstract: Growth of the adoption of an innovation in a social group may be predicted. Web pages are designated in which to search for reference to an innovation, and each of the web pages is associated with one or more stages of innovation adoption. Data are automatically gathered concerning the frequency of reference to the innovation in the individual web pages, statistical information is derived automatically about the innovation's present stage of adoption from the gathered data and from the association of the individual web pages with one or more successive stages of technology development. A prediction of the future growth of the adoption of the innovation is made based on the statistical information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method used by a company in tracking lifecycles of technology items includes receiving an identification of a technology item to track and receiving information from a plurality of sources regarding a plurality of characteristics of a lifecycle of the identified technology item in response to a query of the sources. The plurality of characteristics include a location within one of a plurality of segments of the lifecycle, a speed of movement of the technology item within its lifecycle, a disruptiveness of the technology item in the marketplace, and an engagement of technology item by the company. The computerized method further includes processing the received information and generating an output, in which the output includes a plurality of indicators representing the plurality of characteristics of the lifecycle.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method used in marketing whole product offerings to clients includes identifying that a first respondent of a client fits into a first segment of a plurality of segments of a technology adoption profile for the client, identifying that a first whole product offering of a company fits into a first phase of a plurality of phases of a technology market development phase model for a plurality of whole product offerings of the company, comparing the first segment to the first phase, and generating an output, based on the comparison, to determine whether to market the first whole product offering to the first respondent.

Abstract: A computer program for representing the information technology infrastructure of an organization includes an interactive display module and an output module. The interactive display module can generate a hierarchical list of information technology elements and organizational elements in the information technology infrastructure of the organization and can generate an interactive user interface that presents the hierarchical list. The output module can generate a hierarchical graph of the information technology infrastructure of the organization. The hierarchical list and the hierarchical graph each represent the information technology infrastructure of the organization.

Abstract: A computer program for representing the information technology infrastructure of an organization includes an interactive display module and an output module. The interactive display module can generate a hierarchical list of information technology elements and organizational elements in the information technology infrastructure of the organization and can generate an interactive user interface that presents the hierarchical list. The output module can generate a hierarchical graph of the information technology infrastructure of the organization. The hierarchical list and the hierarchical graph each represent the information technology infrastructure of the organization.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for determining service resources allocation includes associating a generic value stream having a plurality of generic value stream components with a plurality of industry segments, allocating, for at least one of the industry segments, expenditures for a time period to at least one of the plurality of generic value stream components for the industry segment, and determining, for at least one of the industry segments, the amount of expenditures associated with the at least one of the plurality of generic value stream components relative to the total amount of expenditures for the at least one industry segment. The determination is for use in determining the resource allocation.

Abstract: An Internet based performance measurement system includes a server operable to receive performance perception data from a client corresponding to a performance query. The system also includes a database comprising a metric corresponding to the performance query. The metric comprises actual performance data corresponding to the performance query. The system also includes a performance engine operable to access the performance perception data and the metric. The performance engine is operable to compare the performance perception data to the metric to determine variations between a client perception of performance and actual performance.

Abstract: The apparatus used to develop software to operate a multiple element processor-based system, is comprised of an icon-based language that enables users to input data defining interrelationships among the subsystem elements. A data modeling apparatus is used to define a set of logical attributes and a set of physical attributes of said subsystem elements. The input data is then translated into a set of program instructions, using a sequential program language, representative of software to operate said processor-based system.

Abstract: A computer performed method for designing a system which allows multiple mainframe environments to be supported and managed within the overall system environment through the use of (1) one or more dictionary domains arranged in a hierarchy to model the mainframe environments and a target system release facility to move a process, system, subsystem or record and all its related records to another dictionary domain, and (2) a consolidated project data encyclopedia which is shared by all users and divided into 5 logical data bases and 1 access module, thus allowing access to projects in different stages of development on the same physical data bases. A migration facility allows the user to manage the orderly progression of entities through the development life cycle by moving entities between logical data bases.