Robert E Lamb

US Patent:

7127410, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Dec 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/025649

Inventors:

Linda G. Butler - Fayetteville GA, US
Kim M. Ford - Washington DC, US
Robert D. Lamb - Atlanta GA, US
Beverly J. Skinner - McDonough GA, US
Lori S. Groves - Fayetteville GA, US
Julie Stein - Birmingham AL, US
Michael Bradley - Birmingham AL, US
Deborah P. Rochon - Stone Mountain GA, US

Assignee:

BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

A framework defines a minimum set of requirements that all entities within an organization must adhere to when acquiring an information technology (IT) product. The framework has a first policy that each entity of the organization must follow the framework, a second policy defining a business process that each entity must follow when acquiring an IT product, a third policy defining a set of tools for being employed to implement the business process of the second policy; and a fourth policy defining additional requirements specific to one or more of the entities within the organization, where the additional requirements for each entity are defined by such entity.