Computer implemented system and method for identifying project requirements

• US 10,095,478 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2016
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ghaisas, Smita, Anish, Preethu Rose
• Primary Examiner(s): MILLER, VIVA L
• Application Number:
  US15/229,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20170046131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design

Abstract

A system(s) and method(s) for identifying project requirement are described herein. The system identifies the architecturally significant functional requirements from the functional requirements from a client/customer. The system further classifies the identified architecturally significant functional requirements into specific classes based on the architectural impact they may have on the project. Subsequently, the system generates a meta schema related to architecturally significant functional requirements based on the classification of architecturally significant functional requirements and pre-defined schema. Thereafter, system recommends the specific probing questions from the bank of probing questions to unearth unspecified or underspecified architecturally relevant information based on the generated meta schema. The system further recommends architectural solutions selected from a bank of architectural solutions based on answers received for specific probing questions in response to the architectural impact they may have on the project.

Claims

1. A system for identifying project requirements in a computing environment, the system comprising:

a memory configured to store a predetermined set of rules and a pre-defined schema;

a processor coupled with the memory to receive the predetermined set of rules and further configured to generate system processing commands;

an input module coupled with the processor and configured to receive a plurality of functional requirements from a client/ customer for a project;

an identifier module coupled with the processor and configured to identify architecturally impacting functional requirements from the plurality of functional requirements based on keywords and phrases learnt during training phases;

a classifier module coupled with the processor and configured to classify the architecturally impacting functional requirements into specific architecturally impacting functional requirement classes having one or more architectural impact on the project;

a meta schema generator module coupled with the processor and the memory to receive the pre-defined schema and, configured to generate a meta schema related to architecturally impacting functional requirements, based on the classification of the architecturally impacting functional requirements and the pre-defined schema;

a question recommender module coupled with the processor, configured to provide probing questions selected from a bank of probing questions for the architecturally impacting functional requirements based on the generated meta schema to unearth unspecified or underspecified architecturally relevant information related to the architecturally impacting functional requirements in an initial stage of the project; and

a solution recommender module coupled with the processor, configured to recommend architectural solutions selected from a bank of solutions corresponding to answers provided for specific probing question based on the generated meta schema.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-defined schema comprises the bank of probing questions and the bank of architectural solutions corresponding to the probing questions, further corresponding to the architecturally impacting functional requirement classes.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the architecturally impacting functional requirement classes comprise audit trail, batch processing, localization, communication, payment, print, report, search, third party interaction, workflow, online help and licensing.

3. A method for identifying project requirements in a computing environment, the method comprising:

storing a predetermined set of rules and a pre-defined schema;

receiving the predetermined set of rules and generating system processing commands;

receiving a plurality of functional requirements from a client/ customer for a project;

identifying architecturally impacting functional requirements from the plurality of functional requirements based on keywords and phrases learnt during training phases;

classifying the architecturally impacting functional requirements into specific architecturally impacting functional requirement classes having one or more architectural impact on the project;

generating a meta schema related to architecturally impacting functional requirements based on the classification of the architecturally impacting functional requirements and the pre-defined schema;

providing probing questions selected from a bank of probing questions for the architecturally impacting functional requirements based on the generated meta schema, to unearth unspecified or underspecified architecturally relevant information, in an initial stage of the project; and

recommending architectural solutions selected from a bank of solutions corresponding to answers provided for specific probing question based on the generated meta schema.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the pre-defined schema comprises the bank of probing questions, a bank of answers and the bank of architectural solutions corresponding to the probing questions depending on the answers, further corresponding to the architecturally impacting functional requirement classes.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the architecturally impacting functional requirement classes comprise audit trail, batch processing, localization, communication, payment, print, report, search, third party interaction, workflow, online help and licensing.

5. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program embodied therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

store a predetermined set of rules and a pre-defined schema;

receive the predetermined set of rules and generate system processing commands;

receive a plurality of functional requirements from a client/customer for a project;

identify architecturally impacting functional requirements from the plurality of functional requirements based on keywords and phrases learnt during training phases;

classify the architecturally impacting functional requirements into specific architecturally impacting functional requirement classes having a one or more architectural impact on the project;

generate a meta schema related to architecturally impacting functional requirements based on the classification of the architecturally impacting functional requirements and the pre-defined schema;

provide probing questions selected from a bank of probing questions for the architecturally impacting functional requirements based on the generated meta schema, to unearth unspecified or underspecified architecturally relevant information, in an initial stage of the project; and

recommend architectural solutions selected from a bank of solutions corresponding to answers provided for specific probing question based on the generated meta schema.

8. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the architecturally impacting functional requirement classes comprise audit trail, batch processing, localization, communication, payment, print, report, search, third party interaction, workflow, online help and licensing.