Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Operations research or analysis
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-29
2011-11-01
Sterrett, Jonathan G (Department: 3623)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Operations research or analysis
C705S007370, C705S007130
Reexamination Certificate
active
08050962
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus are provided for assuring content of a product. The method comprises identifying key elements that at least partially specify the content of the product creating assessment criteria for each of the key elements, and defining maturity levels for each of the assessment criteria. The method further comprises developing a planned maturity level for each of said assessment criteria that comprise a relationship between the maturity and the maturity levels and conducting evaluations of the assessment criteria with at least the planned maturity level to determine a plurality of metrics for each of the assessment criteria that at least partially corresponds to the maturity of the content. In addition, the method comprises projecting a future maturity level for at least one of the assessment criteria based at least in part upon a statistical analysis of the metrics of the at least one of the assessment criteria and identifying issues with the content of the product based at least in part upon the future maturity level.
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Sterrett Jonathan G
The Boeine Company
Yee & Associates P.C.
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