US 7,624,124 B2Granted

System and method for assisting generation of business specification

AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.

InventorsHirofumi Shinke, Takashi Kashimoto, Kazuyuki Aoyama

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Abstract

A business specification generation assisting system for generation of a business specification that implements a business function specified by a user, on the basis of association among the business functions, programs and physical data is provided. A physical model which is a graph having programs and input and output physical data as vertexes, a business model which is a graph having business functions and input and output logical data as vertexes, and an association model including an association table of business functions with program functions and an association table of logical data with physical data are stored. With respect to a business function specified by the user, an associated physical model is analyzed, and subgraphs associated with the business function are calculated and displayed. The business model and the association model are modified according to a modification order given by the user.

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Dependent claims

A business specification generation assisting system for assisting generation of a business specification that implements business function specified by a user on the basis of programs to be analyzed, the business specification generation assisting system comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU);
a memory coupled with the CPU;
and
a storage device coupled with the memory, the storage device comprising:
a physical model database for storing therein input and output relations between programs to be analyzed and physical data associated with the programs;
a business model database for storing therein association of the business functions with logical data concerning the business functions;
and
an association model database for storing therein association of the physical data with the logical data and association of the business functions with programs used to execute the business functions, wherein
the memory comprises a data driven analyzer responsive to a specified business function specified by a user, for acquiring logical data associated with the specified business function from said business model database, acquiring physical data associated with the acquired logical data from said association model database, acquiring paths starting from the acquired physical data and including other physical data and programs on the basis of input-output relations between programs and physical data stored in said physical model database, determining programs and physical data corresponding to the specified business function based on the acquired paths, and generating a relation diagram between the determined programs and the specified business function and a relation diagram between the determined physical data and the specified business function associated based on the association model database and the acquired paths.

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A computer-readable storage medium, in which a program for executing a business specification generation assisting method used in a business specification generation assisting system for assisting generation of a business specification that implements business function specified by a user on the basis of programs to be analyzed is, the business specification generation assisting method comprising the steps of:

causing a physical model database to store input and output relations between programs to be analyzed and physical data associated with the programs;
causing a business model database to store association of the business functions with logical data concerning the business functions;
causing an association model database to store association of the physical data with the logical data and association of the business functions with programs used to execute the business functions;
and
causing a data driven analyzer to be responsive to a specified business function specified by a user, for acquiring logical data associated with the specified business function from the business model database, acquiring physical data associated with the acquired logical data from the association model database, acquiring paths starting from the acquired physical data and including other physical data and program on the basis of input-output relations between programs and physical data stored in said physical model database, determining programs and physical data corresponding to the specified business function on the basis of the acquired paths, and generating a relation diagram between the determined programs and the specific business function and a relation diagram between the determined physical data and the specified business function associated based on the association model database and the acquired paths.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.