Platform provider architecture creation utilizing platform architecture type unit definitions

• US 10,372,421 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Mack, Gerhard Friedrich, Puhl, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Marina
• Application Number:
  US14/840,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,436 Days
• Field of Search: 717100-135
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design

Abstract

In an example, a method for developing a customer system utilizing a preexisting cloud-computing platform is provided. The method may include defining a platform architecture for the customer system to be developed in terms of a plurality of architecture types—and their predefined architecture type unit. The method may include displaying an indicator of first and second indicators, the first and second indicators corresponding to confirmation of the platform architecture and non-confirmation of the platform architecture, respectively, based on information about a subset of deliverables corresponding to the architecture types.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, in response to being executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to interactively develop a customer system, the customer system associated with a customer, using a pre-existing cloud computing platform by:

defining a platform architecture for the customer system using the pre-existing cloud computing platform, the customer system to be developed in terms of a plurality of architecture types, the architecture types including;

a first architecture type that receives input corresponding to a first customer value view artifact, the first architecture type associated with first Architecture Type Units (ATUs), each first ATU associated with N groupings of first ATU details, each first ATU detail grouping including at least one ATU detail; and

a second architecture type that is different than the first architecture type, the second architecture type associated with second ATUs, each second ATU associated with N groupings of second ATU details, each second ATU detail grouping including at least one ATU detail;

wherein every ATU detail grouping for a given ATU corresponds to a different one of N discrete stages, each discrete stage corresponding, respectively, to a different level of detail including a first level through an N^th level;

receiving verification from the customer of an ATU detail of a first ATU detail grouping corresponding to a discrete stage of an M^th level of detail for a given success gate of a plurality of success gates, the ATU detail of the first ATU detail grouping corresponding to the first architecture type, and wherein the given success gate comprises instructions for confirming the platform architecture in response to execution of the given success gate by the computing device;

receiving verification from the customer of an ATU detail of a second ATU detail grouping corresponding to a discrete stage of an I^th level of detail for the given success gate, the ATU detail of the second ATU detail grouping corresponding to the second architecture type; and

in response to the receipt of verification from the customer of the ATU details for each of the M^th level of detail and the I^th level of detail, executing the given success gate and displaying an indicator to the customer of confirmation of the platform architecture.

2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein I does not equal M such that the determinations are based on different ones of the discrete stages.

3. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 2, wherein M does not equal N such that the determination is based on only a subset of the ATU details of the first or second ATU detail groupings.

4. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 3, wherein M is greater than one, and the method further comprises verifying all the ATU details of more than one of the discrete stages, including the ATU details of the discrete stage corresponding to the M^th level and every discrete stage that corresponds to a level less than the M^th level.

5. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the second architecture type comprises a platform environment, component architecture, or information architecture.

6. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein discrete stages comprise feasible, preliminary, detailed, and scheduled.

7. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein verifying further comprises determining whether quality requirements are met for the ATU detail.

8. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 7, wherein a quantity of the quality requirements is equal to N.

9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the quality requirements comprises concrete, consistent, complete, and compliant.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, further comprising creating an architecture template for each of the architecture types of the plurality of architecture types, wherein the template includes an architecture type name value and a value to list the corresponding ATUs.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein each architecture template further comprises an architecture type definition value.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein each architecture template further comprises a success platform pulse value.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 10, wherein each architecture template further comprises a success architecture decision value.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the first architecture type comprises N aspects, namely componentization, connectivity, configuration, and constraints, each of the aspects of each architecture type described by a corresponding one of the first ATUs.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14, wherein the second architecture type comprises N aspects, namely componentization, connectivity, configuration, and constraints, each of the aspects of each architecture type described by a corresponding one of the second ATUs.

16. A system to interactively develop a customer system using a cloud computing platform, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory, the memory including instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to;

define a platform architecture for the customer system using the cloud computing platform, the customer system to be developed in terms of a plurality of architecture types, the customer system associated with a customer, the architecture types including;

a first architecture type that receives input corresponding to a first customer value view artifact, the first architecture type associated with first Architecture Type Units (ATUs), each first ATU associated with N groupings of first ATU details, each first ATU detail grouping including at least one ATU detail; and

a second architecture type that is different than the first architecture type, the second architecture type associated with second ATUs, each second ATU associated with N groupings of second ATU details, each second ATU detail grouping including at least one ATU detail;

wherein every ATU detail grouping for a given ATU corresponds to a different one of N discrete stages, each discrete stage corresponding, respectively, to a different level of detail including a first level through an N^th level;

receive verification from the customer of an ATU detail of a first ATU detail grouping corresponding to a discrete stage of an M^th level of detail for a given success gate of a plurality of success gates, the ATU detail of the first ATU detail grouping corresponding to the first architecture type, and wherein the given success gate comprises instructions for confirming the platform architecture in response to execution of the given success gate by the at least one processor;

receive verification from the customer of an ATU detail of a second ATU detail grouping corresponding to a discrete stage of an I^th level of detail for the given success gate, the ATU detail of the second ATU detail grouping corresponding to the second architecture type; and

in response to the receipt of verification from the customer of the ATU details for each of the M^th level of detail and the I^th level of detail, execute the given success gate and display an indicator to the customer of confirmation of the platform architecture.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein I does not equal M such that the determinations are based on different ones of the discrete stages.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein M does not equal N such that the determination is based on only a subset of the ATU details of the first or second ATU detail groupings.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein M is greater than one, and the method further comprises verifying all the ATU details of more than one of the discrete stages, including the ATU details of the discrete stage corresponding to the M^th level and every discrete stage that corresponds to a level less than the M^th level.