EXTENDING UNIFIED PROCESS AND METHOD CONTENT TO INCLUDE DYNAMIC AND COLLABORATIVE CONTENT
First Claim
1. A unified process system comprising:
- a unified process system configured to store, manage, organize, and present information and artifacts associated with a unified process, wherein said unified process is an extensible, iterative, and incremental software development process framework, wherein said unified process system comprises a placeholder defining tool configured to permit an authorized process engineer to associate placeholders with base methods of the unified process, wherein unified process consumers are able to input content to the placeholders, where the input content is thereafter automatically stored by the unified process system and is accessible to other unified process consumers having access to the unified process system.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a unified process system that includes placeholders for editable content that extends unified process methods. The unified process system can store, manage, organize, and present information and artifacts associated with a unified process. The unified process system can include a placeholder defining tool configured to permit an authorized process engineer to associate placeholders with base methods of the unified process. Unified process consumers can input content to the placeholders, where the input content is thereafter automatically stored by the unified process system and is accessible to other unified process consumers having access to the unified process system. More specifically, placeholders can include a collaborative section for guidance content concerning a related base method and a dynamic section, dynamically built in response to received requests, which includes items to assist consumers to conduct a task for an associated base method.
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20 Claims
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1. A unified process system comprising:
a unified process system configured to store, manage, organize, and present information and artifacts associated with a unified process, wherein said unified process is an extensible, iterative, and incremental software development process framework, wherein said unified process system comprises a placeholder defining tool configured to permit an authorized process engineer to associate placeholders with base methods of the unified process, wherein unified process consumers are able to input content to the placeholders, where the input content is thereafter automatically stored by the unified process system and is accessible to other unified process consumers having access to the unified process system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A unified process interface comprising:
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a static method interface configured to permit unified process consumers to access a plurality of static methods maintained by a unified process server within a data store accessible by the unified process server; an extension interface associated programmatically linked to one of static methods presented within the static method interface, wherein said extension interface permits unified process consumers to modify content presented in the extension interface, wherein modified content is managed by the unified process server, and wherein other unified process consumers using the extension interface are able to view the modified content. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A server of unified process artifacts comprising:
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a set of programmatic instructions stored in a machine readable medium configured cause a server-side machine to store, manage, organize, and present information and artifacts associated with a unified process, wherein the information and artifacts is able to be presented to a plurality of unified process consumers accessing the content from a plurality of clients via a browser; and a data store configured to store the information and artifacts, wherein said artifacts comprise a plurality of unified process methods, wherein said data store comprises a plurality of placeholders, wherein each placeholder is associated with one of the unified process methods, wherein at least one process engineer is authorized to enter new unified process methods and to edit base content of the unified process methods and to associate new placeholders with the unified process methods, wherein said unified process consumers lack permissions to add new unified process methods, lack permission to edit base content of the unified process methods, and lack permission to associate new placeholders with the unified process methods, and wherein unified process consumers are able to input content to the placeholders, where the input content is thereafter automatically stored by a unified process system and is accessible to other unified process consumers having access to the unified process system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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