Patent ID: 8140367
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer-executed method of performing service arbitrage with an integrated risk management process, the computer-executed method comprising: a processor in a software factory receiving a service order to assemble a work packet, wherein the work packet is a self-contained software work unit that is assembled within the software factory, wherein each work packet constitutes a contractual agreement that governs a relationship among a design center, a software factory governance board, a software factory operations unit, and an assembly line in the software factory, wherein the design center breaks a software project into major functional areas, wherein the software factory governance board determines whether or not to allow the software factory to accept the software project, wherein the software factory operations unit dispatches the software project to the assembly line, wherein the assembly line receives and executes work packets that are specified by the design center to create a customized deliverable unit of software; and wherein the work packet further comprises a header, wherein the header comprises a unique identification number, a description of the work packet, a type description of the work packet, and an identifier of a parent object from which the work packet has inheritance, and wherein the work packet includes governance procedures, standards, reused assets, work packet instructions, integration strategy, schedules, exit criteria and artifact checklist templates for Input/Output routines, wherein the exit criteria is a checklist for returning the work packet and the customized deliverable unit of software to the software factory; the processor rating multiple software factory components in a marketplace according to a requirement of the work packet that has been set by a buyer; the processor storing ratings of capabilities of the multiple software factory components within a central marketplace portal, wherein the central marketplace portal is managed by a marketplace enabler that coordinates needs of the buyer with capabilities of the multiple software factory components; the processor limiting access to bid on the service order to software factory components that meet scoring requirements set by the buyer; the processor matching, by the marketplace enabler using the centralized marketplace portal, a most suitable software factory component with the requirement of the work packet that has been set by the buyer; and the processor assigning the service order to assemble the work packet to the most suitable software factory component, wherein a risk management of the work packet is managed by the central marketplace portal and the marketplace enabler.