Patent ID: 9600274
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first functional component of a set of source code; receiving a set of knowledgeable person(s) information including identifying information for at least one person and respectively associated availability information for each identified person, the availability information being information indicating when each identified person will or will not be available for consultation, based on calendar information for each identified person, and wherein each person identified in the set of knowledgeable person(s) information has knowledge of the first functional component; and calculating, based, at least in part, on the identified person(s) and their respectively associated availability information, a confidence value for the first functional component indicating an amount of availability of person(s) with knowledge of the first functional component, wherein an amount of time for which no knowledgeable person is available, according to the availability information, has an inverse relationship to the confidence value, wherein a lower amount of time for which no knowledgeable person is available results in a higher calculated confidence value, and wherein the calculated confidence value is higher when knowledgeable person(s) are determined, according to their respectively associated availability information, to be available than when knowledgeable person(s) are determined, according to their respectively associated availability information, to not be available.