1. A computer implemented method, comprising: graphically displaying a plurality of alarms in a form of individually colored geometric configurations among a plurality of geometric configurations within an alarm summary screen displayed within a graphical user interface, said alarm summary screen including at least one area for displaying at least one of a display grid, trend information, alarm consequence information and recommended action information; automatically organizing said plurality of alarms into categories that are accessible to form logical alarm clusters; defining a priority and a precedence based on a size and a shape of said individually colored geometric configurations, thereby permitting a user to identify particular alarm data from said alarm summary screen through a use of spatial and pattern recognition; allowing said user to access a playback feature in order to replay a sequence of alarms; and permitting said user to access a playforward feature in order to project an evolution of alarms if particular actions are taken defining said priority and said precedent based on a root cause analysis; defining an area for displaying detailed alarm information when a user graphically locates a pointing device over said geometric configuration of one of said plurality of alarms.