Patent Document ID: 20070220491
Application ID: 11704415
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for the analysis, control, automation, and information management of life-cycle processes of technical products, in which method data are processed by a computer system, the method comprising: carrying out an engineering process; carrying out an analysis process; carrying out a test process; carrying out a control process; and accessing an information system; wherein the engineering process, the analysis process, and the test process are connected exclusively to the control process and to the information system for information exchange, and are not directly connected with one another, wherein the test process comprises a plurality of test modules that each carry out different tests, and a totality of possible tests is stored in the information system, wherein a scope of the test and the form of input and output values of the test are clearly determined, for each test of the test modules that is provided, by means of data stored in the information system, wherein the data that are input into the engineering process and determined, and specified values, are processed by the process control, which determines all of the tests to be carried out by the test modules of the test process, on the basis of the data stored in the information system, wherein results obtained by the test modules during the test process are stored in the information system and used in the analysis process, wherein the analysis process exclusively accesses data made available by the process control and by the information system, and determines whether the data and specified values input in the engineering process have been reached, by means of a numerical or numerical/statistical calculation, and wherein scientific and technical formulas, specified values from industrial standards, as well as other expert knowledge are exclusively implemented as data of the information system and selection rules of the process control.