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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Takehiko Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Horiuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Kawase, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A software development management system for use by multiple developers includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each of a plurality of work items each representing a work to change at least one file, designation of a file associated with the work item. A dependency detection unit detects dependencies among a number of files. A determination unit determines, on the basis of the dependencies among the files, whether there is a dependency relationship between at least two work items based on the dependency relationship between the files detected by the dependency detection unit.