JPH08123782A - Automatic judging device for maturation level - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the reliability and working efficiency of totalized results and the tabulation of the totalized results by automatically totalizing answers for question items, automatically judging a maturation level, automatically preparing the degree of attainment in each level and category on a matrix so as to visually easily understand it, and displaying/printing out the prepared contents. CONSTITUTION: The automatic judging device is provided with a question file 5 for previously registering a level and a category to which a question item belongs correspondingly to the question item and a matrix output part 4 for extracting the level and category to which the question item in the file 5 belongs based upon an answer from an answerer corresponding to a question item belonging to each level in the file 5, setting up a cell in a matrix to be a picture defining body, and outputting an answer to the cell corresponding to the question item concerned on the matrix.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a maturity level automatic judging device for judging and matrix-displaying a maturity level based on answers to question items.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the maturity level judgment method of software development departments, etc., the answers are filled in on a questionnaire sheet, and the contents of the answers written on this questionnaire sheet are manually aggregated to determine the maturity level. I was asking.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, if the questionnaire was filled in with the answers, and the questionnaire was manually tabulated, the maturity level and the graph were created manually. However, there is a problem in that it takes time and effort to obtain the result, inaccuracy of the totalized result and inefficiency occur, and poor listability of the response result occurs.

In order to solve these problems, the present invention automatically collects the answers to the question items to automatically judge the maturity level, and automatically creates the achievement level for each level and category on the matrix in a visually easy-to-understand manner. The purpose is to display / print and improve the reliability of the counting results and the work efficiency, and also improve the listability of the counting results.

[0005]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the processing device 1 performs various kinds of processing, and is configured by a questionnaire response section 2, a level determination section 3, a matrix output section 4 and the like here.

The questionnaire response section 2 outputs a question output device 9
It is displayed on the screen, the answer (input) to the displayed question is fetched, the fetched answer result is stored in the answer file 6, and the like.

The level judging section 3 judges the maturity level by referring to the question file 5 based on the answer result. The matrix output unit 4 extracts the level and category to which the relevant question item of the question file 5 belongs based on the answers from the respondents, and sets them in the matrix of the screen definition body.

The question file 5 is for registering question items, levels, categories, key processes, etc. in association with question items. The answer file 6 stores the answers from the respondents.

The table 7 is various tables. The input device 8 is for inputting various data and instructions. The output device 9 outputs (displays, prints, etc.) data, and is a CRT, a printer, or the like.

[0010]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG.
Based on the answers from the respondents to the question items in question file 5, the levels to which the relevant question items in question file 5 belong are respectively extracted, and the maturity level is judged and output from the achievement level of these extracted levels. There is.

Further, the matrix output unit 4 extracts the level and category to which the relevant question item of the question file 5 belongs based on the answer from the respondent to the question item of the question file 5 and sets the cell in the matrix of the screen definition body. At the same time, the answer is output to the answer cell on the matrix of question items.

At this time, based on the answers from the respondents to the question items in the question file 5, the levels and categories to which the relevant question items in the question file 5 belong are extracted and set to the levels when setting the categories in the screen definition matrix. When there are a plurality of categories that belong, the cells are divided by the number of categories and cells are set in the matrix of the screen definition body.

Further, when the level and category to which the relevant question item of the question file 5 belongs is taken out and set in the matrix of the screen definition body based on the answer from the respondent to the question item of the question file 5, the level or When there are multiple question items belonging to a category, they are divided by the number of question items and set in the screen definition matrix.

Further, a totaling cell of the totaling result is provided in association with the level set in the matrix of the screen definition body, and the totaling result within the level and the ratio of the totaling result are emphasized by the area in the totaling cell.

Further, a total cell of the totalized result is provided in association with the category set in the matrix of the screen definition body, and the totalized result in the category and the ratio of the totaled result are emphasized by the area in the totalized cell.

Further, the key process is registered in advance in association with the level registered in the question file 5, and the key process is set in association with the level in the matrix of the screen definition structure.

Further, subcategories subordinate to the category registered in the question file 5 are registered in advance, subordinate subcategories are set in association with the categories in the screen definition body, and an answer cell and a total cell are provided for each subcategory. I am trying.

Therefore, by automatically totaling the answers to the question items, and creating and displaying / printing the degree of maturity, the level of achievement, and the degree of achievement for each category on the matrix in a visually easy-to-understand manner, the reliability of the totalized results can be improved. It is possible to improve work efficiency and improve the listability of the counting result.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention. This is a flow chart for explaining the overall operation of the configuration of FIG. In FIG. 2, S1 reads the question file and displays the answer input screen. This reads, for example, a previously created question file 5 of FIG. 3 described later and displays the answer input screen of FIG. Here, for each question item of the question file 5, as shown on the answer input screen of FIG. 4, the question item, the supplement item, and the input field (YE
S, NO, N / A), and answer result column (item "A1")
Is displayed as a response result such as “YES”).

At step S2, a reply is given. This is because the respondent (for example, the manager of the department (project) to be evaluated) selects and inputs one of the answers (YES, NO, N / A) to the question item on the answer input screen displayed in S1. To do.

S3 is stored. This saves the answers (YES, NO, N / A) for each question item answered in S2, as shown in the answer file 6 of FIG. 9 described later. S
4 sets the maturity level. The maturity level is automatically determined and set based on the answers of the question items in the answer file 6 saved in S3 according to the flowchart of FIG. 5 described later. Here, the maturity level is to evaluate the system construction ability in system development based on various evaluation items, and to judge the achievement level of the evaluation item as the maturity level of system development.

In step S5, a screen definition body is created. this is,
Based on the answers of the question items in the answer file 6 saved in S3, a matrix of definition bodies is created according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7 described later.

At step S6, the matrix is displayed. this is,
According to the flowchart of FIG. 8 described later, the answer result is set in each cell of the matrix, and the evaluation result is displayed visually easily or printed as shown in a specific example of FIG. 13 described later. Regarding the printing of the level and the response result, the printing is performed based on the setting in the form definition structure, similarly to the setting in the screen definition structure.

As described above, the respondent only inputs the answer to the question item on the answer input screen, and automatically determines and displays the maturity level of the section of the respondent, and the level, category, and It is possible to automatically display the achievement level for each key process by numerical values and areas as shown in FIG. The details will be sequentially described below.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the question file of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, this question file example is registered in advance with respect to items, question items, supplementary items, levels, categories, key process areas, and others. Here, the item represents an identifier for identifying the entry of the question item. The question item is a content for asking the respondent, and represents the content displayed in the question item column on the answer input screen described above. The supplementary explanation indicates the content to be supplemented so that the respondent can more accurately answer the question item. The level represents the level of the question item. The category represents the category of the question item. The key process areas correspond to the levels shown in Fig. 1.
It is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 and represents the range of the process.

Here, the question file is a file of question items relating to evaluation items for judging the maturity level such as system construction ability in system development, and the level, key process, and category for the question items are set. .

The level indicates a maturity level such as a system construction ability. A process is a factor for evaluation, and is a procedure, system, technology, equipment, etc. in system development. Of these, the process that defines each level is the key process.

The category is obtained by cutting out a viewpoint common to the processes, and the contents of activity are targets. FIG.
Shows an example of an answer input screen of the present invention. This displays question items and supplementary items and answers to the respondents (YES, N
This is a screen for selecting any one of O and N / A) and inputting an answer. This example of the answer input screen is obtained by extracting and displaying the question items and supplementary items of the question file 5 shown in FIG. In the answer column, the answer (YE is associated with the result already answered (the question item items (A1, A2, A3, etc.))
S, NO, N / A) are displayed.

FIG. 5 shows a maturity level setting flowchart of the present invention. This is the department (project) of the respondent based on the answer result in response to the respondent inputting the answer to the question item on the answer input screen of FIG.
6 is a flowchart for automatically determining the maturity level of.

In FIG. 5, in step S11, the level achievement levels are retrieved from the level table in ascending order. This is, for example, based on the level table example of FIG. 10 to be described later, the level achievement level (the number of answers that the respondent has achieved (YES) out of a plurality of question items in a certain level is effective for the certain level). The total number of question items (for example, N from the total number of question items
(Excluding the number of answers in / A)) is taken out (the number of respondents who answered that they have achieved each level by referring to the question file from the answer results (YES), and It is also possible to obtain the total number of question items, divide the former by the latter, and obtain each time to calculate the level achievement level).

In S12, it is determined whether the level achievement level> the reference value. In the case of YES, since it has been found that the level achievement level of the current level exceeds the reference value, steps S11 and S12 are repeated for the next higher level, starting from the lower level achievement level and repeating until the reference value is not exceeded. . on the other hand,
In the case of NO, since it has been found that the level achievement level does not exceed the standard value, the maturity level is set in S13, that is, the level immediately before the current level is obtained as the maturity level, and the respondents determine this. Set it as the maturity level of the responding department. For example, as shown in the upper right of Fig. 13, which will be described later, ・ The evaluation target project "A project" corresponds to "1 level". Is displayed / printed. The reference value is variable and can be changed externally by a tool or the like.

As described above, it is possible to automatically determine the maturity level of the department (project) to be evaluated based on the answers from the respondents. FIG. 6 is a screen definition flowchart of the present invention. This is a flowchart for creating the screen definition body of the matrix of FIG. 13 by referring to the question file 5 of FIG. 3 based on the answer result obtained by the respondent from the answer input screen of FIG.

In FIG. 6, S21 is the question file 5.
Take out the category of and set it in the screen definition body. For example, the category of the question file of FIG. 3 is taken out and set in the screen definition body, for example, the category “A static” of the item “A1” of the question file 5 of FIG.
Set the department A activity in the static category for all categories. At this time, in S24 of FIG. 6 which will be described later, the subcategories in the categories are items “A1” and “A2” of the question file of FIG.
If there are two categories, static and dynamic, etc., set the division into two subcategories: A division activity static dynamic.

In step S22, the level of the question file 5 is taken out and set in the screen definition field. This takes out the level of the question file of FIG. 3 and sets it in the screen definition body, for example, the level “II- of the item“ A1 ”of the question file 5 of FIG.
1 "is taken out and set in the level portion of FIG. 13 for all levels.

In S23, the key process area of the question file 5 is taken out and set in the screen definition body. this is,
The key process area of the question file of FIG. 3 is taken out and set in the screen definition body, for example, the key process area “RM (requirement management)” of the level “II-1” of the item “A1” of the question file 5 of FIG. 3 is set. Take out the key process area "RM" in association with the level "II-1" in FIG.
(Requirement management) ”is set for all key process areas.

In step S24, the screen definition cell is divided. This is the category, level set in S21 to S23,
If multiple key process areas are set in the same category, level, and key process area, the key process areas are equally divided. For example, when there are two subcategories "static" and "dynamic" in the category "A department activity" of FIG. 13 described above, the cell is divided into two as shown in the figure.

As described above, for example, the upper level and the key process area of the screen definition body displaying FIG. 13 and the left category are created from the question file 5. In the screen definition body that displays FIG. 13, in addition to the category, level, and key process area, a total cell that sets the total result for each level and a total cell that sets the total result for each category are set in the screen definition body. . In this total cell, the total result for each category and level is set to, for example, "18/23 (78%)" as shown in FIG.
The area of the area of the percentage of achievement level is highlighted in the relevant aggregation cell and displayed so that the achievement level can be visually identified.

FIG. 7 shows a screen definition cell division flowchart. This is because when there are multiple question items in a category or level, the answer display cell determined by the category or level is equally divided by the total number of question items in the screen definition body that displays FIG. It is divided into cells of that number in association with.

In FIG. 7, in step S31, the number of questions is extracted from the matrix table and the answer display cells are equally divided. This is done by extracting the number of questions for each level and category (which sets the total number of question items) from the matrix table example of FIG. 12, which will be described later, and equally dividing by this number of questions.

In S32, the question item is assigned from the matrix table to the divided area (cell). As described above, the answer display cell at the position where the matrix stable level and the category intersect is equally divided by the number of questions in the question item, and the question item is assigned to each of the equally divided areas (cells). Answers can be displayed on a matrix for each question item.

FIG. 8 shows a matrix display flow chart of the present invention. In FIG. 8, in S41, the answer file is read, and YES, NO, and N / A are distinguished and highlighted in the screen definition body. This highlights the answer (YES, NO, N / A) for each item extracted from the answer file 6 in each cell of the screen definition defined by FIGS. 2 to 7.

In step S42, the level achievement level is fetched from the level table and displayed on the screen definition body in the area ratio. In addition to the numerical value of 18/23 (78%) in the total cell of the level “II-2” of the total cell of FIG. 13 from the level table of FIG. 10 to be described later, as shown in FIG. The area portion is highlighted with diagonal lines (colors, meshes, etc. may be highlighted in addition to diagonal lines). Thereby, the level achievement level can be easily recognized visually.

In step S43, the degree of achievement of the category is extracted from the category table and displayed in the screen definition body in the area ratio.
This is shown in FIG. 13 from the category table of FIG. 11 described later.
For example, the category cell "A department activity static"
In addition to the numerical value of 7/12 (58%), the area corresponding to 58% is highlighted with diagonal lines as shown in the figure (may be highlighted with color, mesh, etc. in addition to diagonal lines). ). As a result, it is possible to easily visually recognize the category achievement level (category level achievement level).

In S44, the maturity level obtained from the maturity level flowchart of FIG. 5 described above is displayed, for example, "1 level" is displayed as shown in the upper right of FIG. By the above, the answer YES, NO, N / A is highlighted in each cell of the matrix defined by the screen definition body, and the level achievement level for each level and the level achievement level for each category ( It is possible to set the category achievement level) and the overall maturity level and display them as shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the answer file of the present invention.
This is the one in which the answer input screen of FIG. 4 is displayed and the answer results (answer results for each item (question item)) answered by the respondent are saved.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the level table of the present invention. This is based on the answer file 6 of FIG. 9 for each level of the question file 5 of FIG. 3 ・ The number of questions (the total number of question items displayed on the answer input screen and asked) ・ The number of YES (when the answerer is YES The total number of questions answered) ・ Level achievement (the number of YES divided by the number of valid questions) is aggregated.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the category table of the present invention. This is for each category of the question file 5 of FIG. 3 based on the answer file 6 of FIG. Total number of answered questions) ・ Aggregation of category achievement (a value obtained by dividing the number of YES by the number of valid questions and representing the level achievement of the category).

FIG. 12 shows an example of the matrix table of the present invention. This is based on the question file 5 of FIG. 3 and is associated with levels and categories as shown in the figure, and the question items and the number of questions are totaled.

FIG. 13 shows a specific example of the present invention. This shows and highlights the answer result according to the matrix table of FIG. The category shows the category of the question file in FIG.

The level indicates the level of the question file in FIG. The key process area is the key process area of the question file of FIG. 3 displayed in association with the level.

The total cell displays the level achievement level for each level of the question file of FIG. The total cell displays the level achievement level (category achievement level) for each category of the question file in FIG.

In the aggregation cell of, the level achievement level of the level and the level achievement level are highlighted in proportion to the area,
This makes it easier to visually recognize. The total cell is a cell in which the level achievement level of a category (category achievement level) and the level achievement level of the category (category achievement level) are highlighted in proportion to the area to facilitate visual recognition.

The maturity level display of (5) is based on the maturity level obtained from the maturity level flowchart of FIG. The answer display cell is a cell in which the answer is distinguished and highlighted for each item extracted from the answer file in each cell of the screen definition body that is evenly divided by the number of questions in the question item (for example, 34 to 38). .

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the answers to the question items are automatically tabulated, the maturity level and the achievement level for each level and category are created and displayed / printed in a matrix in an easy-to-understand manner. It is possible to improve the work efficiency and improve the listability of the counting result. As a result, it became possible to automatically display and print the evaluations of projects and departments as a matrix based on the answers in an easy-to-understand manner.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a question file of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of an answer input screen of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a maturity level setting flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for creating a screen definition object of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a screen definition cell division flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a matrix display flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an example of an answer file of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an example of a level table of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an example of a category table of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an example of a matrix table of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a specific example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Processing device 2: Questionnaire response part 3: Level determination part 4: Matrix output part 5: Question file 6: Answer file 7: Table 8: Input device 9: Output device

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Takanori Yatani 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Limited

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A question file (5) for pre-registering a level and a category to which the question item belongs in association with the question item.
Based on the answers from the respondents to the question items in this question file (5), the levels to which the relevant question items in the question file (5) belong are respectively extracted, and the maturity level is calculated from the achievement level of these extracted levels. And a level determination unit (3) for determining and outputting the automatic maturity level determination apparatus. 2. A question file (5) for pre-registering a level and a category to which the question item belongs in association with the question item.
Based on the answers from the respondents to the question item in this question file (5), the level and category to which the relevant question item in the question file (5) belongs is taken out and a cell is set in the screen definition matrix. An automatic maturity level determination device further comprising a matrix output unit (4) that outputs an answer to a cell on the matrix of the question item. 3. The question file (5) based on the answers from the respondents to the question items in the question file (5).
When extracting the level and category to which the relevant question item belongs and setting a cell in the matrix of the screen definition structure, if there are multiple categories belonging to the level, divide by the number of categories and add the cell to the matrix of the screen definition structure. The maturity level automatic determination apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the maturity level automatic determination apparatus is set. 4. The question file (5) based on the answers from the respondents to the question items in the question file (5).
When extracting the level and category to which the relevant question item belongs and setting a cell in the matrix of the screen definition structure, if there are multiple question items belonging to the level or category, divide them by the number of relevant question items The automatic maturity level determination apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein cells are set in a matrix. 5. A totaling cell for totaling results is provided in association with the level set in the matrix of the screen definition structure, and the totaling result within the level and the ratio of totaling results are emphasized in area in the totaling cell. The automatic maturity level automatic determination device according to any one of claims 2 to 4. 6. A totaling cell of totaling results is provided in association with a category set in the matrix of the screen definition body, and the totaling result in the category and the ratio of totaling results are emphasized in area in the totaling cell. The automatic maturity level determination device according to any one of claims 2 to 5. 7. The key process is registered in advance in association with the level registered in the question file (5), and the key process is set in association with the level in the matrix of the screen definition structure. The automatic maturity level determination device according to any one of claims 2 to 6. 8. A sub-category subordinate to the category registered in the question file (5) is registered in advance, a sub-category subordinate is set in the matrix of the screen definition body in association with the category, and the sub-category is defined for each sub-category. 8. The maturity level automatic determination device according to claim 2, further comprising a response cell and the aggregation cell.