Adaptive information technology solution design and deployment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8943010-B2
Application number	US-201213349995-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2012
Priority date	Apr 4, 2008
Publication date	Jan 27, 2015
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015

Abstract

An automated incremental solution deployment strategy created for an enterprise organization based upon evaluation of a set of possible information technology solution alternatives within an automated architectural framework is received. An information technology solution is incrementally deployed and incrementally selected from the set of possible information technology solution alternatives during the incremental deployment using the automated incremental solution deployment strategy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving an automated incremental solution deployment strategy created based upon evaluation of a plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives within an automated architectural framework; and
incrementally deploying, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, an information technology solution incrementally selected during the incremental deployment from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives.

2. The method of claim 1 , where incrementally deploying, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, an information technology solution incrementally selected during the incremental deployment from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives comprises:
identifying for at least one deployment increment, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, any common elements of at least two of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives that are capable of supporting at least a portion of the at least two of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives;
deploying any identified common elements;
verifying any deployed identified common elements; and
incrementally deploying any remaining elements from at least one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives.

3. The method of claim 2 , where incrementally deploying any remaining elements from at least one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives comprises:
defining, for each of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives, a remaining possibility context comprising remaining elements other than any deployed common elements within the respective possible information technology solution alternative.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising
updating the remaining possibility context of at least one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives in response to product information associated with at least one element within the remaining possibility context becoming available.

5. The method of claim 1 , where incrementally deploying, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, an information technology solution incrementally selected during the incremental deployment from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives comprises:
incrementally selecting, during deployment, the information technology solution from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy.

6. The method of claim 5 , where incrementally selecting, during deployment, the information technology solution from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy comprises:
utilizing late binding of element selections during the incremental deployment from at least one remaining possibility context, where each of the at least one remaining possibility context comprises remaining elements within one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives.

7. The method of claim 1 , where incrementally deploying, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, an information technology solution incrementally selected during the incremental deployment from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives comprises:
iteratively selecting any common elements from a subset of remaining possibility contexts, where the remaining possibility contexts each comprises remaining elements within one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives; and
deploying any iteratively selected common elements.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
updating at least one of the remaining possibility contexts in response to at least one iteration of the selection of common elements.

9. A system, comprising:
a memory configured to store an automated architectural framework; and
at least one processor programmed to execute:
a deployment automation module configured to:
receive an automated incremental solution deployment strategy created based upon evaluation of a plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives within the automated architectural framework; and
incrementally deploy, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, an information technology solution incrementally selected during the incremental deployment from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives.

10. The system of claim 9 , where in being configured to incrementally deploy, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, an information technology solution incrementally selected during the incremental deployment from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives, the deployment automation module is configured to:
identify for at least one deployment increment, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, any common elements of at least two of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives that are capable of supporting at least a portion of the at least two of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives;
deploy any identified common elements;
verify any deployed identified common elements; and
incrementally deploy any remaining elements from at least one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives.

11. The system of claim 10 , where, in being configured to incrementally deploy any remaining elements from at least one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives, the deployment automation module is configured to:
define, for each of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives, a remaining possibility context comprising remaining elements other than any deployed common elements within the respective possible information technology solution alternative.

12. The system of claim 11 , where the deployment automation module is further configured to:
update the remaining possibility context of at least one of the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives in response to product information associated with at least one element within the remaining possibility context becoming available.

13. The system of claim 9 , where in being configured to incrementally deploy, in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, an information technology solution incrementally selected during the incremental deployment from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives, the deployment automation module is configured to:
incrementally select, during deployment, the information technology solution from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy.

14. The system of claim 13 , where in being configured to incrementally select, during deployment, the information technology solution from the plurality of possible information technology solution alternatives in accordance with the automated incremental solution deployment strategy, the deployment automation module is configured to:
utilize late binding of element selec

Assignees

• Hutson William E
• Mchan Samuel R
• Medicke John A
• Wicher Christopher H L
• IBM

Inventors

• Hutson William E
• Mchan Samuel R
• Medicke John A
• Wicher Christopher H L

Classifications

• G06Q10/06315

  Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis · CPC title

• G06Q10/06312

  Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling · CPC title

• G06Q10/06316

  Sequencing of tasks or work · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• G06N5/04 Primary

  Inference or reasoning models · CPC title