Change management
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsWolfgang Kalthoff, Thomas Vogt, Guenter Huber, Guido Hoeckele, Beate Koch
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing change. The technique includes changing an object of a product creation process and accumulating the change without changing a baseline of a product structure associated with the product creation system if the change to the object is a soft change.
Claims38
A method of managing change in a product creation system, comprising:
- changing one or more objects of a first baseline product structure in a product creation process, wherein changing produces object changes;
- determining if the object changes require production of a second baseline product structure in the product creation process;
- accumulating the object changes in the product creation process until a determined criteria is met if the object changes do not require the production of a second baseline product structure;
- and
- generating a second baseline product structure if the object changes require the production of a second baseline structure.
A method for managing change in a product creation system, comprising:
- receiving a change to an object of a first baseline product structure in a product creation process;
- determining if the change to the object requires production of a second baseline product structure in the product creation system;
- accumulating the change in the product creation process if the change does not require the production of a second baseline product structure, until a determined criteria is met;
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- generating a second baseline product structure if the change to the object requires the production of a second baseline product structure.
A computer program product, stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
- change one or more objects of a first baseline product structure in a product creation process, wherein changing produces object changes;
- determine if the object changes require production of a second baseline product structure in the product creation process;
- accumulate the object changes in the product creation process until a determined criteria is met if the object changes do not require the production of a second baseline product structure;
- and
- generating a second baseline product structure if the object changes require the production of a second baseline product structure.
A computer program product, stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
- receive a change to an object of a first baseline product structure in a product creation process;
- determine if the change to the object requires production of a second baseline product structure in the product creation process;
- accumulate the change in the product creation process if the change does not require the production of a second baseline product structure, until a determined criteria is met;
- and
- generate a second baseline product structure if the change to the object requires the production of a second baseline product structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.