Allen C Nelson

US Patent:

20050075916, Apr 7, 2005

Filed:

Mar 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/802370

Inventors:

Charles Lathram - Duluth GA, US
Allen Nelson - Atlanta GA, US
Connie Veates - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705007000

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for implementing the Integrated Governance program. Briefly described, some embodiments of a method comprise the steps of: forming an Integrated Governance team to identify problematic issues in designated governance areas across a business enterprise, the Integrated Governance team comprising members having knowledge of designated governance areas and of operational units within the enterprise; compiling data from a plurality of databases that contain information regarding the governance areas for a plurality of the operational units in the enterprise; integrating together data from the plurality of databases to form a comprehensive summary of governance information for the enterprise; analyzing, as a team, the comprehensive summary to identify one or more significant issues within the governance areas for the enterprise; and forming a plan to address a respective issue (e.g., developing business controls where there is no clear owner of an issue, etc.).