Patent ID: 8868441
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing changes within an Information Technology (IT) environment, said method comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a change in a goal for an overall business application of the IT environment, the business application comprising a plurality of resources and one or more relationships between resources which provide the function of the business application, and the goal being a management goal associated with the plurality of resources used to support the business application, the management goal comprising one of an availability goal, a performance goal or other management goal for the business application, wherein the goal is to be changed to provide a new goal while continuing to enforce an existing goal; generating, by the processor, a delta workflow to reflect one or more changes to the IT environment to enable achievement of the new goal, the delta workflow providing a programmatic difference between a current prepare workflow for the existing goal and a new prepare workflow for the new goal, the generating comprising: executing the delta workflow to facilitate achievement of the new goal.