SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT UNDERSTANDING FOR DEVELOPING A SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR A PROJECT

• US 20130332896A1
• Filed: 06/06/2012
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Narayana, Mandaleeka Guru Prasada Lakshmi, Kummamuru, Supriya, Padmalata, Nistala, Murthy, Pillutla Narasimha
• Granted Patent: US 8,762,932 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method and a system for facilitating holistic comprehension of a project and simultaneously reducing human effort involved in comprehending such project are disclosed. The method further comprises generating a cybernetics influence diagram (CID) using the plurality of parameters. The CID is indicative of a relationship of at least one parameter of a plurality of parameters with at least another parameter of the plurality of parameters. The method further comprises identifying at least one parameter from amongst the plurality of parameters as key thrust areas (KTAs) based upon threshold rules. The threshold rules are based upon the relationship of the parameters with one another. The method further comprises receiving a set of stakeholder objectives from a user. The set of stakeholder objectives is associated with the project. The method further comprises generating a traceability matrix template to facilitate mapping of the KTAs against the set of stakeholder objectives.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating context understanding for developing a software solution for a project, the system comprising:

a processor;

an input/output interface coupled to the processor, wherein the I/O interface is configured to receive a plurality of parameters associated with the project; and

a memory coupled to the processor and to the I/O interface, the memory comprising;

a cybernetics module configured to

generate a cybernetics influence diagram (CID) using the plurality of parameters, wherein the CID is indicative of a relationship of at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters with at least another parameter of the plurality of parameters; and

identify at least one parameter from amongst the plurality of parameters as a key thrust area (KTA) based upon threshold rules, wherein the threshold rules are based upon the relationship of the parameters with one another; and

a framework generating module configured to receive a set of stakeholder objectives from a user, wherein the set of stakeholder objectives is associated with the project; and

a matrix generating module configured to generate a traceability matrix template to map the KTAs against the set of stakeholder objectives.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the framework generating module is further configured to facilitate generation of a stakeholder framework associated with the project based upon the user input, wherein the stakeholder framework is indicative of at least one of stakeholders involved in the project, needs of the stakeholders, alterables associated with the project, and constraints associated with the project.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the cybernetics module receives relationship of the parameters with one another in the plurality of parameters from the user in order to generate the CID.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of KTAs is divided into merge points and burst points, wherein the merge points and the burst points are identified based upon the threshold rules.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein, as per the threshold rules, the merge points are the KTAs being influenced by at least three other parameters of the set of parameters.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein, as per the threshold rules, the burst points are the KTAs influencing at least two other parameters of the set of parameters.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the matrix generating module is further configured to map the KTAs against the set of stakeholder objectives in the traceability matrix template based on mapping rules.

8. A method for facilitating context understanding for developing a software solution for a project, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of parameters associated with the project;

generating a cybernetics influence diagram (CID) using the plurality of parameters, wherein the CID is indicative of a relationship of at least one parameter of a plurality of parameters with at least another parameter of the plurality of parameters;

identifying at least one parameter from amongst the plurality of parameters as a key thrust area (KTA) based upon threshold rules, wherein the threshold rules are based upon the relationship of the parameters with one another;

receiving a set of stakeholder objectives from a user, wherein the set of stakeholder objectives is associated with the project; and

generating a traceability matrix template to facilitate mapping of the KTAs against the set of stakeholder objectives.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising facilitating generation of a stakeholder framework associated with the project based upon the user input, wherein the stakeholder framework is indicative of at least one of stakeholders involved in the project, needs of the stakeholders, alterables associated with the project, and constraints associated with the project.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the set of KTAs is divided into merge points and burst points, wherein the merge points and the burst points are identified based upon the threshold rules.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, as per the threshold rules, the merge points are the KTAs being influenced by at least three other parameters of the set of parameters.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein, as per the threshold rules, the burst points are the KTAs influencing at least two other parameters of the set of parameters.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising mapping the KTAs against the set of stakeholder objectives in the traceability matrix template based on mapping rules.

14. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method for facilitating context understanding for developing a software solution for a project, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of parameters associated with a project;

generating a cybernetics influence diagram (CID) using the plurality of parameters, wherein the CID is indicative of a relationship of at least one parameter of a plurality of parameters with at least another parameter of the plurality of parameters;

identifying at least one parameter from amongst the plurality of parameters as key thrust areas (KTAs) based upon threshold rules, wherein the threshold rules are based upon the relationship of the parameters with one another;

receiving a set of stakeholder objectives from a user, wherein the set of stakeholder objectives is associated with the project; and

generating a traceability matrix template to facilitate mapping of the KTAs against the set of stakeholder objectives.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising program code for facilitating generation of a stakeholder framework associated with the project based upon the user input, wherein the stakeholder framework is indicative of at least one of stakeholders involved in the project, needs of the stakeholders, alterables associated with the project, and constraints associated with the project.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the set of KTAs is divided into merge points and burst points, wherein the merge points and the burst points are identified based upon the threshold rules.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein, as per the threshold rules, the merge points are the KTAs being influenced by at least three other parameters of the set of parameters.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein, as per the threshold rules, the burst points are the KTAs influencing at least two other parameters of the set of parameters.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising program code for mapping the KTAs against the set of stakeholder objectives in the traceability matrix template based on mapping rules.