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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
J. Todd Fredrickson, Rockledge, FL (US);
Peter Haumer, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to method and process management, and provide a data processing system, method, and computer program product for dynamic binding of a capability pattern to multiple processes in a method architecture. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a data processing system configured for dynamic binding of process patterns can include a method management tool. The method management tool can include program code enabled both to compose a capability pattern comprised of at least one activity defined by a plurality of nested and descriptors for source method elements, and to bind an extension activity to the capability pattern in a process model without replicating the activity of the capability pattern in the process pattern.