Information landscape modeling, analysis and validation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBrian P. Byrne, Hayden Marchant, Guenter A. Sauter
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Abstract
Managing and validating a project using an information landscape. Embodiments include providing an information landscape including a topology of landscape elements for the project, linking the topology of landscape elements to a plurality of solution artifacts, and validating at least one of the plurality of solution artifacts and semantics of the information landscape.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method to provide an information landscape for topology modeling, linking, and validation for an information integration project, the information landscape comprising a topology of topology elements representing aspects of the information integration project, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- generating the topology based on a palette of landscape elements;
- linking each topology element to a respective one or more solution artifacts from a plurality of solution artifacts for the information integration project, wherein the plurality of solution artifacts includes at least one of a database, a logical data model for a database, and a database schema;
- determining, by operation of one or more computer processors, a degree to which one or more business metrics are realizable, based on:
- (i) the plurality of solution artifacts for the information integration project;
- (ii) the information landscape;
- and (iii) the linking between each of the topology elements in the topology and the respective one or more solution artifacts;
- upon receiving a request from a user to generate a solution sketch for the information landscape, determining a class of users to which the user is assigned, based on an electronic user identifier corresponding to the user;
- determining a viewpoint having a predefined association with the class of users to which the user is assigned;
- selecting only a portion of the plurality of solution artifacts to depict, based on the viewpoint having a predefined association with the class of users to which the user is assigned;
- automatically generating the solution sketch for the user, the solution sketch comprising a graphical representation of the information landscape, wherein the solution sketch includes depictions of solution artifacts for the selected portion of the plurality of solution artifacts, wherein the solution sketch is generated based on:
- (i) the linking of the topology elements to the solution artifacts, and (ii) the viewpoint having the predefined association with the class of users to which the user is assigned;
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- outputting the solution sketch for display to the user.
A computer-implemented method to provide an information landscape for topology modeling, linking, and validation for an information integration project, the information landscape comprising a topology of topology elements representing aspects of the information integration project, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- generating the topology based on a palette of landscape elements;
- linking each topology element to a respective one or more solution artifacts from a plurality of solution artifacts for the information integration project, wherein the plurality of solution artifacts includes at least one of a database, a logical data model for a database, and a database schema;
- linking each topology element to a respective one or more requirements from a plurality of requirements for the information integration project;
- determining, by operation of one or more computer processors, a degree to which one or more business metrics are realizable, based on:
- (i) the plurality of solution artifacts for the information integration project;
- (ii) the information landscape;
- and (iii) the linking between each of the topology elements in the topology and the respective one or more solution artifacts;
- determining an adequacy value for the one or more linked solution artifacts from the plurality of solution artifacts of the information integration project;
- upon receiving a request from a user to generate a solution sketch for the information landscape, determining a class of users to which the user is assigned, based on an electronic user identifier corresponding to the user;
- determining a viewpoint having a predefined association with the class of users to which the user is assigned;
- selecting only a portion of the plurality of solution artifacts to depict, based on the viewpoint having a predefined association with the class of users to which the user is assigned;
- automatically generating the solution sketch, for the user, based on the topology, wherein the solution sketch comprises a graphical representation of the information landscape for the information integration project, wherein the solution sketch includes depictions of solution artifacts for the selected portion of the plurality of solution artifacts, wherein the solution sketch is generated based on:
- (i) the linking of the topology elements to the solution artifacts, and (ii) the viewpoint having the predefined association with the class of users to which the user is assigned;
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- outputting the solution sketch for display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.