Architectural design for internal projects application software
First Claim
1. A computer program product comprising application software encoded on a tangible machine-readable information carrier, the application software being structured as process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, the software comprising:
- a plurality of process components, each of the process components being a package of software implementing a respective and distinct business process, the plurality of process components including;
a Costing process component that maintains project cost estimates;
an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions;
a Project Management process component that structures, plans and executes simple, short-term measures and complex projects; and
a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the definition of employees'"'"' planned working times as well as the recording of the actual working times and absences and their evaluation; and
a plurality of service interface operations, each service interface operation being implemented for a respective process component, the operations comprising inbound and outbound operations, the outbound operation for a first process component being operable to send a message to a second process component of the plurality of process components, the second process component having an inbound operation for receiving the message, the passing of messages between an inbound and an outbound operation defining a message-based pair-wise interaction between the respective process components of the respective operations, the pair-wise interactions between pairs of the process components including interactions between;
the Project Processing process component and the Accounting process component;
the Project Processing process component and the Costing process component; and
the Project Processing process component and the Time and Labor Management process component.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing an internal projects application useful for planning and executing internal projects and measures, including network scheduling, resource staffing, cost estimation and management, time confirmation, and progress monitoring. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Costing process component that maintains project cost estimates; an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions; a Project Management process component that structures, plans and executes simple, short-term measures and complex projects; and a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the definition of employees'"'"' planned working times as well as the recording of the actual working times and absences and their evaluation.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer program product comprising application software encoded on a tangible machine-readable information carrier, the application software being structured as process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, the software comprising:
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a plurality of process components, each of the process components being a package of software implementing a respective and distinct business process, the plurality of process components including;
a Costing process component that maintains project cost estimates;
an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions;
a Project Management process component that structures, plans and executes simple, short-term measures and complex projects; and
a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the definition of employees'"'"' planned working times as well as the recording of the actual working times and absences and their evaluation; and
a plurality of service interface operations, each service interface operation being implemented for a respective process component, the operations comprising inbound and outbound operations, the outbound operation for a first process component being operable to send a message to a second process component of the plurality of process components, the second process component having an inbound operation for receiving the message, the passing of messages between an inbound and an outbound operation defining a message-based pair-wise interaction between the respective process components of the respective operations, the pair-wise interactions between pairs of the process components including interactions between;
the Project Processing process component and the Accounting process component;
the Project Processing process component and the Costing process component; and
the Project Processing process component and the Time and Labor Management process component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a computer system comprising one or more hardware platforms for executing a computer software application;
a plurality of process components, each of the process components being a package of software implementing a respective and distinct business process, the plurality of process components including;
a Costing process component that maintains project cost estimates;
an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions;
a Project Management process component that structures, plans and executes simple, short-term measures and complex projects; and
a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the definition of employees'"'"' planned working times as well as the recording of the actual working times and absences and their evaluation; and
a plurality of service interface operations, each service interface operation being implemented for a respective process component, the operations comprising inbound and outbound operations, the outbound operation for a first process component being operable to send a message to a second process component of the plurality of process components, the second process component having an inbound operation for receiving the message, the passing of messages between an inbound and an outbound operation defining a message-based pair-wise interaction between the respective process components of the respective operations, the pair-wise interactions between pairs of the process components including interactions between;
the Project Processing process component and the Accounting process component;
the Project Processing process component and the Costing process component; and
the Project Processing process component and the Time and Labor Management process component. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for developing a computer software application, comprising:
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obtaining in a computer system digital data representing an architectural design for a set of processes implementing an end-to-end application process, the design specifying a process component for each process in the set of processes, the design specifying further specifying a set of process component interactions, wherein the specified process components include a Costing process component that maintains project cost estimates;
an Accounting process component that records relevant business transactions;
a Project Management process component that structures, plans and executes simple, short-term measures and complex projects; and
a Time and Labor Management process component that supports the definition of employees'"'"' planned working times as well as the recording of the actual working times and absences and their evaluation; and
the process component interactions include interactions between the Project Processing process component and the Accounting process component;
the Project Processing process component and the Costing process component; and
the Project Processing process component and the Time and Labor Management process component; and
using the design including the specified process components and the specified process component interactions to develop a computer software application to perform the set of processes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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