Andrea N Macdonald

US Patent:

20040143811, Jul 22, 2004

Filed:

Sep 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/654640

Inventors:

Elke Kaelicke - Wiesloch, DE
Nelson Ambruoso - Southampton PA, US
Michael Bannert - Heidelberg, DE
Gary Bellis - West Chester PA, US
Chirantan Bhatt - Malvern PA, US
Glenn Crowe - Wayne PA, US
Christopher Farrell - Jamison PA, US
Harald Fisher - Muehlhausen, DE
Gerhard Fried - Heidelberg, DE
Gertrud Giesche - Newtown Square PA, US
Donna Gregory - Downingtown PA, US
Volkmar Jaeckle - Glen Mills PA, US
Harald Kehr - Sinsheim, DE
Marc Liesner - Hatboro PA, US
Anette Lucks-Baus - Kirkel, DE
Andrea MacDonald - Pottstown PA, US
Roman Mansmann - Tholey, DE
Phillip Mattox - Lansdowne PA, US
Thomas Mueller - Blackwood NJ, US
Nimish Patel - West Chester PA, US
Michael Pezza - Rumford RI, US
Dieter Pollinger - Rauenberg, DE
Theresa Rajczi - West Chester PA, US
Richard Roberts - West Chester PA, US
Andrea Roesinger - Weinheim, DE
Michael Santilli - Downington PA, US
Andreas Schaefers - Gaiberg, DE
Harald Stuckert - West Chester PA, US
Bernd Tesche - Sandhausen, DE
Dirk Wagener - Phoenixville PA, US
Reinhard Wenig - Walldorf, DE
Juergen Zahn - Mannheim, DE
Kenneth Salwitz - Horsham PA, US
Randolph Houck - Glen Mills PA, US
Nadine Filbry - Philadelphia PA, US
Fritz Leber - Kirchheimbolanden, DE

International Classification:

G06F009/44

US Classification:

717/101000, 717/104000, 717/120000

Abstract:

Systems and techniques to manage and represent development processes. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes a method for managing a software development process. The method includes providing a cookbook describing tasks in a framework of the development process and managing performance of the development process with the cookbook. A first task description identifies an activity in the development process, an input for performance of the activity, an output consequential of performance of the activity, and instructions for performance of the activity. Managing performance of the development process with the cookbook includes assigning activities in the development process to different participants in accordance with the activities identified in the task descriptions, exchanging information between participants in accordance with the inputs and outputs identified in the task descriptions, and instructing the participants in accordance with the instructions identified in the task descriptions.