SOFTWARE TOOL FOR GENERATING TECHNICAL BUSINESS DATA REQUIREMENTS

• US 20120197681A1
• Filed: 01/27/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Oberhofer, Martin, Marrelli, Carl Michael, Narayanan, Ram S., Rashidi, Solmaz
• Granted Patent: US 8,688,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates technical business data requirements from functional process requirements. Such method, system, and/or computer program product include data processing infrastructure. The data processing infrastructure may further include at least one data persistence component and at least one business process hierarchy. The computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product obtain a set of technical elements concerning functional process requirements for each business process within the business process hierarchy. Such method, system, and/or computer program product classify technical elements into functional objects, link each of the functional objects to at least one process within the business process hierarchy and generate a plurality of business data roadmap templates in the data processing infrastructure. The generated business data roadmap templates are stored in the persistence component of the data processing infrastructure.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of deriving technical data requirements from functional process requirements, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of:

providing a data processing infrastructure, wherein the data processing infrastructure comprises at least one data persistence component and at least one business process hierarchy;

a processor obtaining a set of technical elements concerning functional process requirements for each business process within the at least one business process hierarchy;

the processor classifying the technical elements into functional objects and linking each of the functional objects to at least one process within the business process hierarchy;

the processor generating a plurality of business data roadmap templates in the data processing infrastructure; and

the processor storing the business data roadmap templates in the persistence component.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data processing infrastructure further comprises a graphical user interface for maintaining the generated business data roadmap templates.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data processing infrastructure further comprises a report generator, wherein the report generator is operative to retrieve information from the data persistence component and wherein the report generator is adapted for generating a plurality of reports.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data persistence component comprises a relational database.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the set of technical elements comprises a plurality of tables, table descriptions, table fields, or client-specific system information.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the processor classifying the technical elements further comprises establishing an association between the technical elements and the functional objects based on a set of business process definitions.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising the processor extracting metadata related to the functional objects from at least one metadata source system.

8. A computer system comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU), a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;

a data processing infrastructure, wherein the data processing infrastructure comprises at least one data persistence component and at least one business process hierarchy;

first program instructions to acquire a set of technical elements concerning functional process requirements for each process within the at least one business process hierarchy;

second program instructions to classify the technical elements into functional objects and to link each of the functional objects to at least one process within the business process hierarchy;

third program instructions to generate a plurality of business data roadmap templates in the data processing infrastructure; and

fourth program instructions to store the business data roadmap templates in the persistence component; and

wherein

the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the data processing infrastructure further comprises a graphical user interface for maintaining the generated business data roadmap templates.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the data processing infrastructure further comprises a report generator, wherein the report generator is operative to retrieve information from the data persistence component and wherein the report generator is adapted for generating a plurality of reports.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the data persistence component comprises a relational database.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the set of technical elements comprises a plurality of tables, table descriptions, table fields, or client-specific system information.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the second program instructions further comprise instructions to establish an association between the technical elements and the functional objects based on a set of business process definitions.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the data processing infrastructure is pre-configured to communicate with an external enterprise system via at least one middleware component.

15. A computer program product for deriving technical data requirements from functional process requirements, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium;

a data processing infrastructure, wherein the data processing infrastructure comprises at least one data persistence component and at least one business process hierarchy;

first program instructions to acquire a set of technical elements concerning functional process requirements for each process within the at least one business process hierarchy;

second program instructions to classify the technical elements into functional objects and to link each of said functional objects to at least one process within the business process hierarchy;

third program instructions to generate a plurality of business data roadmap templates in the data processing infrastructure; and

fourth program instructions to store the business data roadmap templates in the persistence component; and

wherein

the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium.

16. The computer product of claim 15, wherein the data processing infrastructure further comprises a graphical user interface for maintaining the generated business data roadmap templates.

17. The computer product of claim 15, wherein the data processing infrastructure further comprises a report generator, wherein the report generator is operative to retrieve information from the data persistence component and wherein the report generator is adapted for generating a plurality of reports.

18. The computer product of claim 15, wherein the data persistence component comprises a relational database.

19. The computer product of claim 15, wherein the set of technical elements comprises a plurality of tables, table descriptions, table fields, or client-specific system information.

20. The computer product of claim 15, wherein the second program instructions further comprise instructions to establish an association between the technical elements and the functional objects based on a set of business process definitions.