Claims
- 1. A method for risk evaluation comprising:
assigning a risk to an object, wherein the object has an object estimation-value; receiving a risk estimation-value for the risk; and re-calculating the object estimation-value by using the risk estimation-value.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a component of a score-card.
- 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
providing at least a further score-card, wherein the further score-card is substantially equivalent to the score-card and has a similar object, which is similar to the object of the score-card; and aggregating the object estimation-value into a corresponding object estimation-value of the similar object.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and measure.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the risk is a component of a risk-catalogue.
- 6. The method of claim 2, wherein the score-card provides at least one further object that has a hierarchical relationship with the object so that the object is a child of the further object.
- 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the further object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
calculating a risk-status for the object by using a rule-set.
- 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
calculating a further risk-status for the further object by using the rule-set and the risk-status of the object.
- 10. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein the rule-set comprises rules selected from the group comprising adding, subtracting, averaging, weighted averaging and comparing to a threshold value.
- 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the object has a unit of measure and the risk estimation-value is received using the unit of measure of the object.
- 12. A method for risk evaluation in a strategic enterprise management system comprising:
providing an object estimation-value for an object; and assigning a risk to the object to correct the object estimation-value.
- 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the predefined object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the object is a component of a score-card.
- 15. The method of claim 12, wherein the risk is a component of a risk-catalogue.
- 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the score-card provides at least one further object that has a hierarchical relationship with the object so that the object is a child of the further object.
- 17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
calculating a risk-status for the object by using a rule-set.
- 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
calculating a further risk-status for the further object by using the rule-set and the risk-status of the object.
- 19. The method of claim 17 or 18, wherein the rule-set comprises rules selected from the group comprising adding, subtracting, averaging, weighted averaging and comparing to a threshold value.
- 20. The method of claim 16, wherein the further object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 21. A method for risk evaluation in a strategic enterprise management system comprising:
assigning a risk to an object, wherein the object is a component of a score-card and has an object estimation-value; receiving a risk estimation-value for the risk; and re-calculating the object estimation-value by using the risk estimation-value.
- 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 23. A risk evaluation system comprising:
means for assigning a risk to an object, wherein the object has an object estimation-value; means for receiving a risk estimation-value for the risk; and means for re-calculating the object estimation-value by using the risk estimation-value.
- 24. The system of claim 23, wherein the object is a component of a score-card.
- 25. The system of claim 24, further comprising:
means for providing at least a further score-card, wherein the further score-card is substantially equivalent to the score-card and has a similar object, which is similar to the object of the score-card; and means for aggregating the object estimation-value into a corresponding object estimation-value of the similar object.
- 26. The system of claim 23, wherein the object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 27. The system of claim 24, wherein the score-card provides at least one further object that has a hierarchical relationship with the object so that the object is a child of the further object.
- 28. The system of claim 27, wherein the further object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 29. The system of claim 23, further comprising:
means for calculating a risk-status for the object by using a rule-set.
- 30. The system of claim 29, further comprising:
means for calculating a further risk-status for the further object by using the rule-set and the risk-status of the object.
- 31. The system of claim 29 or 30, wherein the rule-set comprises rules selected from the group comprising adding, subtracting, averaging, weighted averaging and comparing to a threshold value.
- 32. The system of claim 23, wherein the object has a unit of measure and the risk estimation-value is received using the unit of measure of the object.
- 33. A risk evaluation system used in strategic enterprise management comprising:
means for providing an object estimation-value for an object; and means for assigning a risk to the object to correct the object estimation-value.
- 34. The system of claim 33, wherein the predefined object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 35. A risk evaluation system used in strategic enterprise management comprising:
means for assigning a risk to an object, wherein the object is a component of a score-card and has an object estimation-value; means for receiving a risk estimation-value for the risk; and means for re-calculating the object estimation-value by using the risk estimation-value.
- 36. The system of claim 35, further comprising:
means for providing at least a further score-card, wherein the further score-card is substantially equivalent to the score-card and has a similar object, which is similar to the object of the score-card; and means for aggregating the object estimation-value into a corresponding object estimation-value of the similar object.
- 37. The system of claim 35, wherein the object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 38. The system of claim 35, wherein the score-card provides at least one further object that has a hierarchical relationship with the object so that the object is a child of the further object.
- 39. The system of claim 38, wherein the further object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 40. The system of claim 35, further comprising:
calculating a risk-status for the object by using a rule-set.
- 41. The system of claim 40, further comprising:
calculating a further risk-status for the further object by using the rule-set and the risk-status of the object.
- 42. A risk evaluation system used in strategic enterprise management comprising:
a memory storing an assignment structure; a processor to execute program instructions for assigning a risk to an object using the assignment structure, wherein the object has an object estimation-value; an interface for receiving a risk estimation-value for the risk; and the processor to execute program instructions for re-calculating the object estimation-value by using the risk estimation-value.
- 43. The system of claim 42, wherein the object is a component of a score-card stored by the memory.
- 44. The system of claim 43, wherein the memory stores at least a further score-card, that is substantially equivalent to the score-card and has a similar object, which is similar to the object of the score-card, and wherein the processor executes program instructions to aggregate the object estimation-value into a corresponding object estimation-value of the similar object.
- 45. The system of claim 42, wherein the object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 46. The system of claim 43, wherein the memory stores a at least one further object of the score-card and further stores a hierarchy data structure where a hierarchical relationship between the object and the further object is defined so that the object is a child of the further object.
- 47. The system of claim 46, wherein the further object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 48. The system of claim 42, wherein the processor executes program instructions to calculate a risk-status for the object by using a rule-set.
- 49. The system of claim 48, wherein the processor executes program instructions to calculate a further risk-status for the further object by using the rule-set and the risk-status of the object.
- 50. The system of claim 48 or 49, wherein the rule-set comprises rules selected from the group comprising adding, subtracting, averaging, weighted averaging and comparing to a threshold value.
- 51. The system of claim 42, wherein the object has a unit of measure and the risk estimation-value is received using the unit of measure of the object.
- 52. A computer program product for risk evaluation embodied by a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions to cause a processor of a computer to execute the following steps:
assigning a risk to an object, wherein the object has an object estimation-value; receiving a risk estimation-value for the risk; and re-calculating the object estimation-value by using the risk estimation-value.
- 53. The computer program product of claim 52, wherein the object is a component of a score-card.
- 54. The computer program product of claim 53, comprising further instructions for:
providing at least a further score-card, wherein the further score-card is substantially equivalent to the score-card and has a similar object, which is similar to the object of the score-card; and aggregating the object estimation-value into a corresponding object estimation-value of the similar object.
- 55. The computer program product of claim 52, wherein the object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 56. The computer program product of claim 52, wherein the risk is a component of a risk-catalogue.
- 57. The computer program product of claim 53, wherein the score-card provides at least one further object that has a hierarchical relationship with the object so that the object is a child of the further object.
- 58. The computer program product of claim 57, wherein the further object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 59. The computer program product of claim 52, comprising further instructions for:
calculating a risk-status for the object by using a rule-set.
- 60. The computer program product of claim 59, comprising further instructions for:
calculating a further risk-status for the further object by using the rule-set and the risk-status of the object.
- 61. The computer program product of claim 59 or 60, wherein the rule-set comprises rules selected from the group comprising adding, subtracting, averaging, weighted averaging and comparing to a threshold value.
- 62. The computer program product of claim 52, wherein the object has a unit of measure and the risk estimation-value is received using the unit of measure of the object.
- 63. A computer program product for risk evaluation in strategic enterprise management embodied by a computer readable medium; the computer program product comprising instructions to cause a processor of a computer to execute the following steps:
providing an object estimation-value for an object; and assigning a risk to the object to correct the object estimation-value.
- 64. The computer program product of claim 63, wherein the predefined object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
- 65. A computer program product for risk evaluation in strategic enterprise management embodied by a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions to cause a processor of a computer to execute the following steps:
assigning a risk to an object, wherein the object is a component of a score-card and has an object estimation-value; receiving a risk estimation-value for the risk; and re-calculating the object estimation-value by using the risk estimation-value.
- 66. The computer program product of claim 65, wherein the object is selected from the group comprising a strategy, a strategy-element, a perspective, an objective, a target, a key-figure and a measure.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C.§119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/382,024, entitled “Methods and Systems for Risk Evaluation,” filed May 22, 2002, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60382024 |
May 2002 |
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60355833 |
Feb 2002 |
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