Reliable and repeatable process for specifying developing distributing and monitoring a software system in a dynamic environment

摘要

A reliable and repeatable process for specifying, developing, distributing, and monitoring a software system or application within a dynamic environment includes the steps of specifying a set of software system requirements during a discovery process within a data processing environment, establishing a development and delivery schedule for distribution of the software system, developing a software system corresponding to the software system requirements during a development process, and developing and testing an install package to be used to install the software system in a test environment within the data processing environment. The install package includes the software system and routines configured to automatically instantiate the software system in the test environment. The developing and testing step takes a first amount of time. Other steps include distributing said install package to a test user community for testing of said software system during a testing process which takes a second amount of time, and revising the software system to comply with the software system requirements when a defect is discovered and then repeating the developing and testing and the distributing steps. The revising step affects the delivery schedule by adding a predetermined amount of time thereto. The process also includes a step of placing the software system or the revised software system into general use after successful completion of the testing process. The placing step takes a third amount of time. The first, second, and third amounts of time are pre-determined based on the development and delivery schedule prior to development of the software system.