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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Jarir K. Chaar, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Ronald D. Finlayson, Blythewood, SC (US);
Thomas A. Jobson, Jr., New Paltz, NY (US);
Naomi M. Mitsumori, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis X. Reddington, Richmond, VA (US);
Jarir K. Chaar, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Ronald D. Finlayson, Blythewood, SC (US);
Thomas A. Jobson, Jr., New Paltz, NY (US);
Naomi M. Mitsumori, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis X. Reddington, Richmond, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for assembling work packets within a software factory are presented. In a preferred embodiment, the computer-implemented method comprises the steps of: collecting a plurality of software artifacts that have been archived during an assembly of previous work packets; collecting a plurality of metrics that have been utilized during the assembly of previous work packets; defining a template for a new work packet, wherein the template for the new work packet is created by a packet definition process that defines attributes that are needed in the new work packet; selecting requisite software artifacts from the plurality of software artifacts; selecting requisite metrics from the plurality of metrics; and sending the template, requisite software artifacts and requisite metrics to a packet assembly process, wherein the packet assembly process assembles the requisite software artifacts to create the new work packet.