Patent ID: 9513873
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for updating an automated release plan for planned product release, the method comprising: a processor of a computer system receiving from a computerized release-planning system a current version of the automated release plan, a first list of planned requirements, a second list of release constraints, and a third list of remaining requirements, the processor determining that there is a conflict between the first list of planned requirements and the second list of release constraints, where the conflict identifies that one or more constraints of the second list constrains the current plan from meeting one or more planned requirements of the first list; the processor generating, in response to the determining, a modified version of the release plan that resolves the conflict; the processor creating a linear-programming model that updates the modified version of the release plan such that the updated version satisfies the third list of remaining requirements; and the processor predicting, as a function of the linear-programming model, whether requiring the update version of the release plan to meet an additional requirement comprised by neither the first list nor the third list would prevent the modified release plan, as constrained by the second list of release constraints, from meeting any requirement of the first list or of the third list.