Visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipeline

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016132324-A1
Application number	US-201414537431-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 10, 2014
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	May 12, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipeline includes a selecting engine to select a phase from a number of phases; a representing engine to represent, via a user interface (UI), a congruency for a number of versions of an application compared against a target version of the application across the phases of a release pipeline, the congruency for the number of versions of the application represented with identifiers; a differentiating engine to differentiate a latest-deployed version of the application against a planned version of the application in a particular environment; and a comparing engine to compare, based on a selection, properties of the versions of the application.

First claim

1 . A system for visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipeline, the system comprising:
a selecting engine to select a phase from a number of phases; a representing engine to represent, via a user interface (UI), a congruency for a number of versions of an application compared against a target version of the application across the phases of a release pipeline, the congruency for the number of versions of the application represented with identifiers; a differentiating engine to differentiate a latest-deployed version of the application against a planned version of the application in a particular environment; and a comparing engine to compare, based on a selection, properties of the versions of the application.

2 . The system of claim 1 , in which the identifiers comprise:
a first identifier, the first identifier representing the versions of the application that match the target version; and a second identifier, the second identifier representing a degree to which the versions of the application match the target version.

3 . The system of claim 2 , in which the second identifier comprises an intensity of a color, a varying line weight, a scale value, a pattern, or combinations thereof.

4 . The system of claim 1 , in which the properties of the versions of the application comprise a header, an environment, a version, a status, a component, or combinations thereof.

5 . The system of claim 1 , in which the representing engine represents, via the UI, the congruency for the number of versions of the application compared against the target version of the application across the phases of the release pipeline, the congruency for the number of versions of the application represented as identifiers by:
identifying the target version; determining if each of the number of versions of the application are rendered as a first identifier or a second identifier; and rendering the number of versions of the application in the UI as the first identifier or the second identifier.

6 . The system of claim 1 , in which the differentiating engine differentiates the latest-deployed version of the application against the planned version of the application in the environment by:
exchanging, based on a selection of a user, the latest-deployed version of the application and the planned version of the application to a foreground or a background of the UI; overlapping coordinates associated with the latest-deployed version of the application and the planned version of the application in the UI; and rendering the latest-deployed version of the application as a third identifier in the UI.

7 . The system of claim 1 , in which the comparing engine compares, based on the selection, the properties of the versions for the application by:
selecting at least one specific version from the versions of the application; and displaying the properties of the at least one specific version.

8 . A computer program product for visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipeline, comprising:
a tangible computer readable storage medium, said tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to: represent, via a user interface (UI), a congruency for a number of versions of several applications compared against a target version of the several applications across phases of a release pipeline, the congruency for the number of versions of the application represented as identifiers; and display, via the UI, the release pipeline for the several applications.

9 . The product of claim 8 , further comprising computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, cause said processor to select a phase from the number of phases.

10 . The product of claim 8 , further comprising computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, cause said processor to differentiate a latest-deployed version of the application against a planned version of the application in a particular environment.

11 . The product of claim 8 , further comprising computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, cause said processor to compare, based on a selection, properties of the versions of the application.

12 . The product of claim 8 , in which identifiers comprise:
a first identifier, the first identifier representing the versions of the application that match the target version; and a second identifier, the second identifier representing a degree to which the versions of the application match the target version.

13 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the phase is at least one of a development phase, certification phase, a quality assurance phase, a performance test phase, a system integration phrase, and a production phase.

22 . The system of claim 2 , wherein:
the first identifier is at least one of a pattern and a color; and the second identifier is an intensity of the pattern or the color.

23 . The system of claim 5 , wherein:
identifying the target version comprises selecting a phase; and a version of the application associated with a selected phase becomes the target version.

24 . The product of claim 8 , wherein a first identifier that represents the versions of the application that match the target version is a pattern.

25 . The product of claim 8 , further comprising computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed cause said processor to display a comparison user interface that displays a number of properties of selected versions of the application.

26 . The product of claim 25 , further comprising computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed cause said processor to display, in the comparison user interface, at least one of a status and a component associated with the selected versions.

27 . The product of claim 26 , wherein a status comprises at least one of a unit tests pass, an integration candidate, a quality assurance manager review pass, a manual quality assurance pass, and a unit tested.

28 . A system for visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipeline, the system comprising:
a selecting engine to select a phase from a number of phases, wherein:
a phase is a stage of development for an application; and
each phase has multiple versions of an application;
a representing engine to represent, via a user interface (UI), a congruency for a number of versions of an application compared against a target version of the application across the phases of a release pipeline, the congruency for the number of versions of the application represented with identifiers, wherein:
the identifiers comprise:
a first identifier, which is a pattern, to represent the versions of the application that match the target version; and
a second identifier, which is an intensity of the pattern, to represent a degree to which the versions of the application match the target version; and
a third identifier, which is a color, to represent whether a version is a latest-deployed version of the application; and

the phases are represented as columns;
a differentiating engine to differentiate a latest-deployed version of the application against a planned version of the applica

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Elder Michael D
• Russell Sara
• Santos Lucinio
• Shackelford John-Mason P
• Swanke John E

Classifications

• G06F8/70 Primary

  Software maintenance or management · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title