International Business Machines Corporation

Nelly Schuster

Jochen M Kuester

Michael S Wahler

Olaf W Zimmermann

Olaf W Zimmerman

A system for decision pattern identification and application in a software engineering project includes a decision pattern miner configured to locate a plurality of decisions in a search space; a decision pattern generator configured to generate a decision pattern from the located decisions; a decision pattern repository configured to store the decision pattern; a decision pattern proposal maker configured to search the decision pattern repository for a decision pattern relevant to a decision space; and a decision pattern propagator configured to propagate the decision pattern relevant to the decision space in the decision space.

Systems and methods for decision pattern identification and application

A method of organizing received decision instances based on reference architecture, including determining a respective particular project phase attribute for each of the decision instances, classifying the decision instances, determining a respective scope attribute for each of the decision instances, categorizing the decision instances in accordance with each of the respective scope attributes thereof, for all decision instances with the same categorization and with the same classification, ordering the corresponding decision instances by model elements, modeling directed links between apparently dependent decision instances, analyzing the dependent decision instances to confirm that the decision instances satisfy the apparent dependencies represented by the directed links and producing an error message if a result of the analysis is negative, and generating a real-time updateable and/or modifiable to-do list interface.

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Wendlingen, Germany

Nelly Schuster