Patent Document ID: 9811792
Application ID: 14730998

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting developer resources for a software development project during its design, said method comprising: automatically detecting a change in a software architecture model being built, said detected change comprising one of: an addition of a new element, a deletion of an element in the software architecture model or a change to an existing element of said software architecture model, said method further comprising: evaluating, upon said detection, each detected change against a currently assigned resource skill set for resources used in developing said software architecture model, and one or more of: automatically determining a developer resource candidate of developer resources currently associated with said project to be removed upon evaluating a deletion of an element in the software architecture model; or automatically determining an existing developer resource candidate to take on additional work upon evaluating an addition or update of an element in the software architecture model; or automatically locating a new developer resource if no existing developer resource can take on said additional work, wherein one or more programmed processor devices is configured to run said automatic change detecting, said detected change evaluating, and said automatic developer resource candidate determining, said automatic determining an existing developer resource candidate, and said automatically locating.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said automatically detecting a change in the software architecture model comprises: automatically checking a first repository including version histories of existing software development projects to determine if a new element has already been developed in a prior released version of a software architecture model design; and automatically checking a second repository including reusable components to determine if a new element has already been developed for a different project and can be reused in the software architecture model being designed; and one of: automatically finding, in said first repository, the developer resource candidate who worked on that prior released element, if determined that said new element has already been developed in said prior released version, or automatically finding, in said second repository, an original author of the element as a developer resource candidate if determined that said new element is an update to an element previously developed for a different project.