Application requirement design support system and method therefor

An application requirement design support system for supporting design of a new case inputted thereto, by reusing existing contents beforehand stored, comprising:

• processors:
• a receiving section that receives information regarding the new case;
• a common systemic hierarchical framework database that stores therein common systemic hierarchical frameworks corresponding to candidate systemic hierarchical work functions, where each common systemic hierarchical framework lists a plurality of interrelated work functions at a plurality of different gradation levels of detail;
• a common systemic hierarchical framework extracting section that extracts common systemic hierarchical frameworks associated with at least one systemic hierarchical work function contained in the information regarding the new case from the common systemic hierarchical framework database, the at least one systemic hierarchical work function being for utilization in a systemic hierarchical system application, the extracting effected by using the information regarding the new case as a searching key, the common systemic hierarchical frameworks having correspondence relationships to design information of all the existing contents;
• an existing contents database that stores therein the existing contents;
• an existing contents extracting section that extracts existing contents corresponding to the information regarding the new case from an application product table and an application product function table by using the information regarding the new case, the existing contents including an existing application product and an object achieving method;
• a common systemic hierarchical framework assigning section that assigns the existing application product and the object achieving method which are the existing contents thus extracted to the common systemic hierarchical frameworks thus extracted and creates an assignment table for each common systemic hierarchical framework;
• an application requirement extracting section that extracts, according to the assignment table thus created, application requirements associated with the new case received by the receiving section;
• and
• wherein the assignment table created for each common systemic hierarchical framework is associated with, for an associated common systemic hierarchical framework, object achieving methods and application products of systemic hierarchical work functions associated with the associated common systemic hierarchical framework.

An application requirement design support method for use in an application requirement design support system comprising a server for storing therein existing contents and a client connected to the server for receiving a new case for supporting design of the new case inputted thereto, by reusing the existing contents, comprising operations of:

• receiving, by the client, information regarding the new case;
• storing, by the server, common systemic hierarchical frameworks associated with the new case in a common systemic hierarchical framework database, where each common systemic hierarchical framework lists a plurality of interrelated work functions at a plurality of different gradation levels of detail;
• extracting, by the client, common systemic hierarchical frameworks associated with at least one systemic hierarchical work function contained in the information regarding the new case from the common systemic hierarchical framework database, the at least one systemic hierarchical work function being for utilization in a systemic hierarchical system application, the extracting effected by using the information regarding the new case as a searching key, the common systemic hierarchical frameworks having correspondence relationships to design information of all the existing contents;
• storing, by the server, the existing contents in an existing contents database;
• extracting, by the client, existing contents corresponding to the information regarding the new case from an application product table and an application product function table by using the information regarding the new case, the existing contents including an existing application product and an object achieving method;
• assigning, by the client, the existing application product and the object achieving method which are the existing contents thus extracted to the common systemic hierarchical frameworks thus extracted and creating an assignment table for each common systemic hierarchical framework;
• extracting, according to the assignment table thus created, application requirements associated with the new case received by the receiving operation;
• and
• wherein the assignment table created for each common systemic hierarchical framework is associated with, for an associated common systemic hierarchical framework, object achieving methods and application products of systemic hierarchical work functions associated with the associated common systemic hierarchical framework.

A program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and embodying a program to be executed in an application requirement design support system comprising a server for storing therein existing contents and a client connected to the server for receiving a new case for supporting design of the new case inputted thereto, by reusing the existing contents, the program executing operations comprising:

• receiving information regarding the new case;
• extracting common systemic hierarchical frameworks associated with at least one systemic hierarchical work function contained in the information regarding the new case from a common systemic hierarchical framework database having stored common systemic hierarchical frameworks corresponding to candidate systemic hierarchical work functions, where each common systemic hierarchical framework lists a plurality of interrelated work functions at a plurality of different gradation levels of detail, the at least one systemic hierarchical work function being for utilization in a systemic hierarchical system application, the extracting effected by using the information regarding the new case as a searching key, the common systemic hierarchical frameworks having correspondence relationships to design information of all the existing contents;
• extracting existing contents corresponding to the information regarding the new case from an application product table and an application product function table by using the information regarding the new case, the existing contents including an existing application product and an object achieving method;
• assigning the existing application product and the object achieving method which are the existing contents thus extracted to the common systemic hierarchical frameworks thus extracted and creating an assignment table for each common systemic hierarchical framework;
• extracting, according to the assignment table thus created, application requirements associated with the new case thus received;
• and
• wherein the assignment table created for each common systemic hierarchical framework is associated with, for an associated common systemic hierarchical framework, object achieving methods and application products of systemic hierarchical work functions associated with the associated common systemic hierarchical framework.

An application requirement design support system for supporting design of a new case inputted thereto, by reusing existing contents beforehand stored, comprising:

• processors:
• receiving means for receiving information regarding the new case;
• common industry-hierarchical framework extracting means for extracting common industry-hierarchical frameworks associated with at least one industry-hierarchical work function contained in the information regarding the new case from a common industry-hierarchical framework database having stored common industry-hierarchical frameworks corresponding to candidate industry-hierarchical work functions, where each common industry-hierarchical hierarchical framework lists a plurality of interrelated work functions at a plurality of different gradation levels of detail, the at least one industry-hierarchical work function being for utilization in a industry-hierarchical system application, the extracting effected by using the information regarding the new case as a searching key, the common industry-hierarchical frameworks having correspondence relationships to design information of all the existing contents;
• existing contents extracting means for extracting existing contents corresponding to the information regarding the new case from an application product table and an application product function table by using the information regarding the new case, the existing contents including an existing application product and an object achieving method;
• common industry-hierarchical framework assigning means for assigning the existing application product and the object achieving method which are the existing contents thus extracted to the common industry-hierarchical frameworks thus extracted and creating an assignment table for each common industry-hierarchical framework;
• application requirement extracting means for extracting, according to the assignment table thus created, application requirements associated with the new case received by the receiving means;
• and
• wherein the assignment table created for each common systemic hierarchical framework is associated with, for an associated common systemic hierarchical framework, object achieving methods and application products of systemic hierarchical work functions associated with the associated common systemic hierarchical framework.