Intelligent checking engine

Apparatus for rectifying a product development failure the apparatus comprising:

• an artifact repository comprising a plurality of different product development artifacts, each of the plurality of artifacts associated with one of a plurality of different artifact tags, each artifact tag comprising a keyword;
• a logical rule repository comprising a first plurality of logical rules, each of the logical rules associated with one of the plurality of different artifact tags, the logical rule repository separate from the artifact repository;
• a processor configured to:
• retrieve a first product development artifact from the artifact repository;
• identify the artifact tag associated with the first artifact;
• and
• identify a second plurality of logical rules in the logical rule repository, the second plurality of logical rules a subset of the first plurality of logical rules, each of the logical rules in the second plurality of logical rules associated with the same artifact tag as the first artifact;
• machine-readable memory configured to load the second plurality of logical rules;
• the processor further configured to:
• validate each of the logical rules in the second plurality of logical rules using a binary pass-fail model, the validation based on product testing data;
• when a logical rule fails validation:
• initiate a workflow associated with the failure, the workflow comprising generating an electronic notification of a product development stakeholder;
• register an action by a stakeholder in response to the notification;
• and
• iterate validation of the logical rule;
• when a logical rule passes validation, log artifact report data;
• the processor further comprising a machine-learning algorithm configured to:
• determine, based on artifact report data, that a logical rule was associated with a threshold number of retrieved artifacts;
• determine, based on artifact report data, that the logical rule was associated with a threshold number of validation failures;
• and
• prioritize validation of the logical rule with regard to a second artifact retrieved from the artifact repository, the second artifact different from the first artifact, based at least in part on the determination that the logical rule was associated with a threshold number of retrieved artifacts and the determination that the logical rule was associated with a threshold number of validation failures.