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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Hao Chen, Beijing, CN;
Claudio Cozzi, Foster City, CA (US);
Ya B. Dang, Beijing, CN;
Howard M. Hess, Winnetka, IL (US);
Steven M. Kagan, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Feng Li, Beijing, CN;
Shao C. Li, Beijing, CN;
Xin Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Jun Zhu, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A compute-implemented method and apparatus for assisting release planning, including steps of: obtaining remaining requirements that are expected to be included in a current release plan; obtaining the release plan, which comprises a set of planned requirements that are already included in the release plan and a set of release constraints; determining that there is a conflict between the release constraints and the planned requirements; rendering, in response to this determination, a proposal to create a modified release plan that is a function of the remaining requirements and of the current release plan; and forecasting, as a function of the remaining requirements and of the modified release plan, whether the addition of another requirement to the release plan would create a conflict with the release constraints.