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US 2009/0024446 A1Published application
Providing a model of a life cycle of an enterprise offering
OwnerJerry Z. Shaninventor
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Abstract
According to information regarding an enterprise offering, characteristics of a life cycle of the enterprise offering are determined. A model including functions representing segments of the life cycle is produced based on the determined characteristics.
Claims20
A method executed by a computer, comprising:
- according to information regarding an enterprise offering, determining characteristics of a life cycle of the enterprise offering;
- and
- producing a model that includes functions representing segments of the life cycle according to the determined characteristics.
A method executed by a computer, comprising:
- building models representing life cycles of plural corresponding enterprise offerings;
- normalizing at least one of the life cycle models based on another of the life cycle models;
- and
- aggregating the life cycle models including the normalized at least one life cycle model to produce an aggregate life cycle model.
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Instructions on a computer-usable storage medium that when executed cause a computer to:
- according to information regarding an enterprise offering, determine boundary points relating to segments of a life cycle of the enterprise offering;
- and
- produce, using a linear regression technique, a model of the segments of the life cycle based on the determined boundary points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.