US 8,799,854 B2Granted

Reusing software development assets

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsDikran S. Meliksetian, Noshir Cavas Wadia, Matthew Yang Wang

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Abstract

For profiling and reusing software development assets, an apparatus includes an asset repository that stores assets, and functional and performance descriptions corresponding to each asset. The apparatus further includes a service planning module configured to interpret functional requirement(s) for a target application, and at least one service quality element corresponding to the functional requirement(s). The target application may be an internet-based application, and the functional requirements may be functions performed by software elements. The apparatus further includes a deployment module configured to compare the functional requirements with the stored assets to generate a solution plan. The solution plan may be a group of assets configured to perform the functional requirement(s) for the target application.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code executable by a processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
an asset consumer interface configured to:
receive a base functional requirement defining functionality provided by a target application and a base service quality element defining a level of performance at which the base functional requirement must perform;
a deployment module configured to:
interpret the base functional requirement and the base service quality element;
identify the base functional requirement as unachievable if the base service quality element is not achievable by an asset of an asset repository;
in response to identifying the base functional requirement as unachievable, recommend a modified functional requirement and a first asset that achieves the modified functional requirement, wherein the modified functional requirement is created by changing a the base service quality element not achievable by an asset to an alternate service quality element of the first asset, wherein the alternate service quality element is within a specified operating margin of the base service quality element.

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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive a base functional requirement defining functionality provided by a target application and a base service quality element defining a level of performance at which the base functional requirement must perform;
interpret the base functional requirement and the base service quality element;
identify the base functional requirement as unachievable if the base service quality element is not achievable by an asset of an asset repository;
in response to identifying the base functional requirement as unachievable, recommend a modified functional requirement and recommend a first asset that achieves the modified functional requirement, wherein the modified functional requirement is created by changing the base service quality element to an alternate service quality element of the first asset, wherein the alternate service quality element is within a specified operating margin of the base service quality element.

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A system comprising:

an asset deployment tool comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable program code executable by a processor, the computer readable program code comprising:
an asset consumer interface configured to:
receive a base functional requirement defining functionality provided by a target application and a base service quality element defining a level of performance at which the base functional requirement must perform;
a deployment module configured to:
interpret the base functional requirement and the base service quality element:
identify the base functional requirement as unachievable if the base service quality element is not achievable by an asset of an asset repository;
in response to identifying the base functional requirement as unachievable, recommend a modified functional requirement and a first asset that achieves the modified functional requirement, wherein the modified functional requirement is created by changing the base service quality element to an alternate service quality element of the first asset, wherein the alternate service quality element is within a specified operating margin of the base service quality element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.