Patent ID: 8332807
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying and eliminating wasteful activities in a deliverable software that is generated by a software factory to execute a project, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at the software factory, a work packet in the software factory, wherein the software factory comprises: evaluating process sensors in the deliverable software that is generated in the software factory, wherein the process sensors detect time consuming activities that extend beyond an estimated predetermined completion timeline for a project, and wherein the process sensors also detect wait states that are caused by processes and activities of tasks that are not critical to a successful completion of essential tasks necessary to complete requirements fulfillment and successful exit criteria of an agreed work contract for the project; determining, via a process analysis, if defined added value processes and activities identified in a value stream analysis are interdependent to a critical path for executing the project; in response to determining that the defined added value processes and activities identified in the value stream analysis are not interdependent to the critical path for executing the project, determining that performance of the defined added value processes and activities identified in the value stream analysis is wasteful; and eliminating, from the project, the defined added value processes and activities identified in the value stream analysis that have been determined to be wasteful.