Patent ID: 6950802
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A systems integration method enabling consistency to integrated application solution design and delivery across different engagements with comparable and reusable results, comprising the steps of: providing a collection of databases on a network accessible via a terminal application a domain database, a work product description database, a method process description database, an engagement model database, an engagement family database, and engagement template database; said domain database comprising a logical grouping of said work product descriptions, including application, architecture, business, engagement, organization, operations, external assets, and requirements; said method process description database comprising a set of method process descriptions for describing how each of a plurality of hardware, software, and process components comprising application solutions are to be designed, developed, and implemented; and further phase, activity, and task databases for use in decomposing a development and delivery process into a hierarchy of steps of a default project plan; said phase including a set of activities for a contract with a customer; said activity including a grouping of related tasks for sequencing work effort and managing complexity within a phase; said task being a unit of work estimated and scheduled for producing a work product; said engagement template database comprising a collection of templates, each template a result of tailoring a specific engagement models for use; said work product description database comprising a set of work product descriptions for defining a set of said components for each tangible artifact produced and consumed in connection with a specific application solution, each said work product description specifying purpose, description, notation, example, development approach, validation and verification guidelines, advice and guidance, estimating considerations, and references, said descriptions of work products being produced on engagements as a basis for method adoption, method integration, and harvesting and structuring of intellectual capital for application to new market engagement models; said engagement model database comprising a plurality of template project plans, each for a specific service offering and engagement; said engagement family database comprising methodology descriptions each including one or more engagement models; with at least one engagement model providing an abstract representation of all process and work products needed to build components of said integrated application, separating said work product descriptions from said process descriptions and relating them through an engagement model and an engagement template by a three phase process including: