Method and apparatus for facilitating management of...

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C705S002000, C705S002000, C705S014270, C705S014270

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ABSTRACT:
A method, product and system are disclosed for generating and facilitating user navigation among one or more investment maps and corresponding scorecards generated using stored data associated with performance metrics of a several information technology (IT) projects.

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