Development processes representation and management

US7810067B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Elke Kaelicke · Wiesloch, DE
• Nelson Ambruoso · Southampton, US
• Michael Bannert · Heidelberg, DE
• Gary Bellis · West Chester, US
• Chirantan Vinayak Bhatt · Malvern, US
• Glenn Crowe · Wayne, US
• Christopher C. Farrell · Plymouth, GB
• Harald Fisher · Östringen, DE
• Gerhard Fried · Heidelberg, DE
• Gertrud Giesche · Newtown Square, US
• Donna Gregory · Downingtown, US
• Volkmar Jaeckle · Glen Mills, US
• Harald Kehr · Sinsheim, DE
• Marc Liesner · Hatboro, US
• Anette Lucks-Baus · Kirkel, DE
• Andrea MacDonald · Pottstown, US
• Roman Mansmann · Tholey, DE
• Phillip Mattox · Lansdowne, US
• Thomas Mueller · Fremont, US
• Nimish Patel · West Chester, US
• Michael Pezza · Rumford, US
• Dieter Pollinger · Wiesloch, DE
• Theresa Rajczi · West Chester, US
• Richard Roberts, III · West Chester, US
• Andrea Roesinger · Weinheim, DE
• Michael Santilli · Linglestown, US
• Andreas Schaefers · Gaiberg, DE
• Harald Stuckert · West Chester, US
• Bernd Tesche · Sandhausen, DE
• Dirk Wagener · Phoenixville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 5, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F8/20
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and techniques to manage and represent development processes. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes a method for managing a software development process. The method includes providing a cookbook describing tasks in a framework of the development process and managing performance of the development process with the cookbook. A first task description identifies an activity in the development process, an input for performance of the activity, an output consequential of performance of the activity, and instructions for performance of the activity. Managing performance of the development process with the cookbook includes assigning activities in the development process to different participants in accordance with the activities identified in the task descriptions, exchanging information between participants in accordance with the inputs and outputs identified in the task descriptions, and instructing the participants in accordance with the instructions identified in the task descriptions.