METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODEL-DRIVEN APPROACHES TO GENERIC PROJECT ESTIMATION MODELS FOR PACKAGED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A method for a model-driven approach to the generation of generic project estimation models for packaged software applications, the method comprising:
- connecting to a series of knowledge and information sources;
collecting knowledge, data, and information from the series of sources;
culling and analyzing the collected knowledge, data, and information;
validating the culled and analyzed knowledge, data, and information; and
forming one or more generic estimation models based on the validated knowledge, data, and information.
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Abstract
A project estimation system with a model-driven approach to the generation of generic project estimation models for packaged software applications, the system includes: a view layer configured to act as a user interface for user inputs and system outputs; a model and control layer configured to implement rules based on a series of estimation and implementation models; an estimation knowledge base layer configured to hold, obtain and derive the series of estimation and implementation models; and wherein the system for a model-driven approach to the generation of generic project estimation models for packaged software applications is carried out over networks comprising: the Internet, intranets, local area networks (LAN), and wireless local area networks (WLAN).
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20 Claims
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1. A method for a model-driven approach to the generation of generic project estimation models for packaged software applications, the method comprising:
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connecting to a series of knowledge and information sources; collecting knowledge, data, and information from the series of sources; culling and analyzing the collected knowledge, data, and information; validating the culled and analyzed knowledge, data, and information; and forming one or more generic estimation models based on the validated knowledge, data, and information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for a model-driven approach to the generation of generic project estimation models for packaged software applications, the method comprising:
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connecting to a series of knowledge and information sources; collecting knowledge, data, and information from the series of sources; culling and analyzing the collected knowledge, data, and information; validating the culled and analyzed knowledge, data, and information; and forming one or more generic estimation models based on the validated knowledge, data, and information; wherein the connecting to and collecting from a series of knowledge and information sources is facilitated with one or more estimation knowledge discoverer and collectors; wherein the collected knowledge, data, and information is placed in one or more knowledge repositories; wherein culling, analyzing, and validating is facilitated with one or more model refiners in signal communication with the one or more estimation knowledge discoverer and collectors via the one or more knowledge repositories; wherein the portions of the knowledge, data, and information that are validated are learned by the one or more model refiners; wherein the one or more model refiners are in signal communication with one or more estimation knowledge bases in a project estimation system; wherein the one or more model refiners convey the newly learned knowledge, data, and information as parameters to one or more estimation models held in the one or more estimation knowledge bases to form the one or more generic estimation models. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A project estimation system with a model-driven approach to the generation of generic project estimation models for packaged software applications, the system comprising:
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a view layer configured to act as a user interface for user inputs and system outputs; a model and control layer configured to implement rules based on a series of estimation and implementation models; an estimation knowledge base layer configured to hold, obtain and derive the series of estimation and implementation models; and wherein the system for a model-driven approach to the generation of generic project estimation models for packaged software applications is carried out over networks comprising;
the Internet, intranets, local area networks (LAN), and wireless local area networks (WLAN). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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