15. The method of claim 14 further comprising processing the metadata such that a metric for each report template in a representative subset of report templates from the first set of report templates is computed.
14. A computer implemented method comprising: specifying a reporting objective; receiving metadata for a first set of report templates; and applying the reporting objective to select a subset of report templates from the first set of report templates based on the metadata; wherein the metadata includes an element of metadata selected from the group consisting of: a second set of report templates; a selection rule; a question; a rating for the question; and a model determining costs associated with deploying the subset of report templates.