Coupling of a business component model to an information technology model

US11477093B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kyndryl, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Flaxer · Dobbs Ferry, US
• Paul G. Greenstein · Fishkill, US
• Robert C. Hampshire · Lima, US
• Anil Nigam · Cupertino, US
• Guy Jonathan James Rackham · New York, US
• John George Vergo · Yorktown Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2022
• Expiry date: May 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for managing a business. At least one relationship is determined between N business components (B1, B2, . . . , BN) and respective N costs (C1, C2, . . . , CN) and respective N values (V1, V2, . . . , VN) pertaining to the N business components. The N business components are a subset of M business components (B1, B2, . . . , BM) of a Component Based Model (CBM) of the M business components subject to M≥2 and N≤M. Determining the at least one relationship includes relating business components of the CBM with an Information Technology (IT) model of an IT system. The IT model includes abstract IT structures, virtual IT structures, real IT structures, or combinations thereof.