Steven F Lang

US Patent:

8359566, Jan 22, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/735275

Inventors:

Jarir K. Chaar - Tarrytown NY, US
Ronald D. Finlayson - Blythewood SC, US
Juan P. Giraldo - Gainesville VA, US
Steven R. Lang - Bradenton FL, US
Naomi M. Mitsumori - San Jose CA, US
Hari Rajagopal - Elizabeth CO, US
Francis X. Reddington - Richmond VA, US
Terri A. Vines - East Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717101, 717102, 717106, 717120, 717121, 717122, 717123

Abstract:

A method, system and computer-readable medium for creating software in a standardized manner are presented. The method includes the steps of: receiving, at a software factory, a description of software needs from a customer; creating, in the software factory, a project proposal that meets performance criteria found in the description of software needs; inducting the project proposal into the software factory, where inducting the project proposal initially evaluates the project proposal's compatibility with a capacity of the software factory; parsing the project proposal into major functional areas; retrieving work packets that are appropriate for the project proposal, where the work packets are pre-stored, reusable, self-contained, discrete units of software code; assembling the work packets into a deliverable software; testing the deliverable software; and delivering the deliverable software to the customer.