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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
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 computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable medium for determining if a software factory is ready to take on a software project is presented. In a preferred embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes the steps of: determining if an infrastructure for a software factory has been procured; determining if operational software needed to assemble work packets in an assembly line in the software factory has been installed; determining if a workflow event model for an assembly line in the software factory has been configured; determining if workload in the assembly line has been balanced; determining if communication channels between the software factory and a customer's computer system have been defined and cleared for data transmission; and in response to determining that any element described above has been determined not to have occurred, prohibiting an induction of a software project into the software factory.