DYNAMICALLY CREATING AND EXECUTING AN APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OPERATION

• US 20070282801A1
• Filed: 06/05/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Thai, Truong-An H., APTE, AJAY A, Chan, Fong-Meng L.L., Tsai, Brain
• Application Number:
  US11/422,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282801A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamically creating and executing an application lifecycle management operation. Embodiments include receiving a packaged application for lifecycle management and an instruction to perform a lifecycle management operation; querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on the packaged application; receiving from one or more of the queried plug-ins steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation; and executing the steps.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically creating and executing an application lifecycle management operation, the method comprising:

receiving a packaged application for lifecycle management and an instruction to perform a lifecycle management operation;

querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on the packaged application;

receiving from one or more of the queried plug-ins steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation; and

executing the steps.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying by the plug-in a plurality of steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on contents of the packaged application.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on the packaged application further comprises querying a plurality of plug-ins for one or more phases associated with the steps;

and

receiving from one or more of the queried plug-ins steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation further comprises receiving one or more phases associated with the steps.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising ordering the phases.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising ordering the steps in dependence upon the ordered phases.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising ordering the steps.

4. The method of FIG. 3 further comprising identifying by the plug-in one or more phases to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on contents of the packaged application;

and

identifying by the plug-in the steps associated with the phases.

8. A system for dynamically creating and executing an application lifecycle management operation, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

receiving a packaged application for lifecycle management and an instruction to perform a lifecycle management operation;

querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on the packaged application; and

receiving from one or more of the queried plug-ins steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation; and

executing the steps.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying a plurality of steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on contents of the packaged application.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein computer program instructions capable of querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on the packaged application further comprise computer program instructions capable of querying a plurality of plug-ins for one or more phases associated with the steps;

and

computer program instructions capable of receiving from one or more of the queried plug-ins steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation further comprise computer program instructions capable of receiving one or more phases associated with the steps.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of ordering the phases and computer program instructions capable of further comprising ordering the steps in dependence upon the ordered phases.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of ordering the steps.

13. A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving a packaged application for lifecycle management and an instruction to perform a lifecycle management operation;

computer program instructions for querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on the packaged application;

computer program instructions for receiving from one or more of the queried plug-ins steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation; and

computer program instructions for executing the steps.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation on the packaged application further comprise querying a plurality of plug-ins for one or more phases associated with the steps;

and

computer program instructions for receiving from one or more of the queried plug-ins steps to carry out a plurality of aspects of the management operation further comprise computer program instructions for receiving one or more phases associated with the steps.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising computer program instructions for ordering the phases;

and

computer program instructions for ordering the steps in dependence upon the ordered phases.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions for ordering the steps.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer-readable medium comprises a recordable medium.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer-readable medium comprises a transmission medium.