Holistic non-invasive evaluation of an asynchronous distributed software process

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer code comprising:
• computer readable code to receive a request to perform a software process that comprises a plurality of process operations, ones of which comprise a plurality of software programs, the request comprising process operation success criteria to determine success of ones of the plurality of process operations;
• computer readable code to collect data corresponding to results of ones of the plurality of process operations;
• and
• computer readable code to define whether the software process is successful, the computer readable code to define whether the software process is successful to evaluate the results of the data and define whether ones of the plurality of process operations executed successfully based on the process operation criteria,
• wherein ones of the plurality of process operations are executed on a plurality of different distributed network nodes,
• wherein the plurality of software programs used by the plurality of process operations that perform the software process comprise components in a success path corresponding one of the plurality of process operations, and
• wherein the plurality of process operations that perform the software process comprise components in a success path corresponding to the software process.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer readable program code embodied therein that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• receive a request to perform a software process that comprises a plurality of process operations, ones of the plurality of process operations using a plurality of software programs for execution, the request comprising:
• a process map that defines the plurality of process operations corresponding to the software process;
• and
• a process operation success criteria to determine success of ones of the plurality of process operations;
• schedule the plurality of process operations to be performed one after another in a series according to the process map;
• collect data corresponding to results of ones of the plurality of process operations;
• and
• after collecting the data, define whether the software process is successful, wherein defining whether the software process is successful comprises:
• evaluating the results of the data;
• and
• defining whether the ones of the plurality of process operations executed successfully based on the process operation criteria,
• evaluating a plurality of success conditions that correspond to the one of the plurality of software programs to determine whether any one of the plurality of success conditions is satisfied,
• wherein when any of the plurality of success conditions is satisfied, then the one of the plurality of software programs execution is evaluated as being successful,
• wherein the plurality of software programs used by the plurality of process operations that perform the software process comprise components in a success path corresponding one of the plurality of process operations, and
• wherein the plurality of process operations that perform the software process comprise components in a success path corresponding to the software process.