International Business Machines Corporation

Theresa C Kratschmer

Peter Kenneth Malkin

Padmanabhan Santhanam

Scott Wayne Weller

John Charles Thomas

Stephen G Perun

Kenneth L Pyra

Jeff R Layton

Timothy J Kostyk

Kathryn Allyn Bassin

Bonnie Kathryn Ray

Tamir Klinger

Robert Delmonico

Kavitha Srinavas

Pradmanabhan Santhanam

Tim J Kostyk

A system for optimizing at least one of a design, production, or testing process of a product in a mass manufacturing process includes: a central processing unit; a network interface operatively connected to the central processing unit; a storage device; a memory including logic for execution by the central processing unit, wherein the logic includes: a server handler made up of a client applet and a client interface servlet which are configured for enabling authorized end-user communication; an error data collection handler configured for gathering error data; an error data classification handler; an analysis handler; a suggested actions report handler; and the system further includes a server database configured for storing, modifying, and deleting data.

Improving design manufacturing, and transportation in mass manufacturing through analysis of defect data

A computer-implemented system for providing a skill level assessment of a developer of a given object, based on defects found in the object, includes: a processor configured for: receiving the object; obtaining at least one requirement associated with the object; obtaining at least one requirement associated with the developer of the object; finding defects in the object, based on the at least one requirement; mapping the defects found to a listing of actions; creating the skill level assessment of the developer using the mapped defects; and presenting the assessment to a user of the method. The system also includes a network interface, storage, and memory. In addition, logic stored in memory includes an obtain objects handler; a requirements assessment handler; a code analysis handler; a skill level handler; a report handler; and a development skill assessment database. Further, the assessment may be presented as a platform for internet content selection label associated with at least one web document related to the developer.

Method to assess the skill level of software development

A computer-implemented method of optimizing at least one of a design, production and testing process in a mass manufacturing process includes steps of: collecting error data relating to a product; classifying the error data into categories of symptoms; mapping the symptom to a revealing condition of the product; mapping the revealing condition to a test type; mapping a scope of a fix to phases of error injection mapping; and recommending modifications to an end user for at least one of the design, production, delivery, and testing process based on the scope of the fix.

Method to improve requirements, design manufacturing, and transportation in mass manufacturing industries through analysis of defect data

A computer-implemented method of optimizing a design of a product in a mass manufacturing process includes steps of: collecting error data relating to a product; classifying the error data into categories of errors to provide classifier error data; analyzing relationships among the classified error data; producing an analysis report; and recommending modifications to an end user for the design of the product.

System to improve requirements, design manufacturing, and transportation in mass manufacturing industries through analysis of defect data

A method, information processing system and computer readable medium for assessing risk in a software development project. The method includes receiving software project data for assessing risks in a software development project and identifying a plurality of focus areas for analysis. The method further includes defining a set of analysis tasks for each focus area and creating one or more rule sets for each analysis task, each rule set comprising one or more rules including software project data. The method further includes evaluating each rule set against the software project data summarizing results of evaluating each rule set corresponding to an analysis task. The method further includes providing a risk assessment value for each analysis task using the results of the summarizing element.

Method and apparatus for automated risk assessment in software projects

A method to create an instance of a defect-based production and testing process analysis machine (DPTPAM) provides continual process improvement based on foundational questions and classified defect data. The method includes the following steps: obtaining domain specific questions; developing a domain specific classification scheme that supports the answering of the foundational and domain specific questions; determining a method of using the domain specific classification scheme to answer both the foundational and domain specific questions; and creating a domain specific DPTPAM instance embodying the domain specific classification scheme and the method of answering the foundational and domain specific questions. The method can be implemented with a machine and a computer readable medium comprising logic for performing the method.

Method and system to develop a process improvement methodology

A computer-implemented method of optimizing at least one production or testing processes in a mass manufacturing industry, includes steps of: collecting error data relating to a product at a plurality of points along its production and distribution chain; classifying the error data into categories of errors to provide classified error data; analyzing relationships among the classified error data; and suggesting modifications to at least one of the production or testing processes based on the analysis.

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