Automated Software Development Governance With Policy Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern software development faces challenges in managing numerous application components across a complex and fast-evolving lifecycle, with manual governance processes leading to inefficiencies, inconsistencies, and increased risk of non-compliance due to human subjectivity and errors.
Innovation Solution
An automated governance system that encodes governance policies into machine-readable rules, ensuring compliance and security through real-time monitoring and auditing, using cloud-native technologies to manage the software development lifecycle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual governance processes are used to track code modifications and verify compliance, then human attestation can be provided for compliance verification, but subjectivity and human error lead to inconsistencies and increased risk of falsified attestations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual human attestation processes with automated machine-executable policy validation. Governance policies are encoded as machine-readable rules that automatically validate code changes, eliminating human subjectivity and error-prone manual verification while maintaining reliable compliance enforcement through systematic automated checking.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service governance where the automated policy validation system independently verifies compliance without requiring human intervention. The machine-executable policies autonomously track code modifications, validate changes against governance rules, and generate compliance records, making the governance process self-sufficient and removing reliance on human attestation.
2Productivity
If manual processes are used to manage numerous application components, then flexibility in handling individual cases is maintained, but inefficiencies and bottlenecks increase as the number of components scales
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal machine-executable policy validation that can handle any number of application components through a single automated system. The same policy framework and validation mechanisms scale seamlessly from small to large component counts, eliminating the need for separate manual processes for each component while maintaining consistent governance across the entire software portfolio.
Solution Approach 2:
The system manages complexity by parameterizing governance policies as configurable machine-readable rules. Instead of increasing procedural complexity with scale, the system adjusts parameters such as policy thresholds, validation rules, and component identifiers through automated configuration, allowing efficient management of numerous components without proportionally increasing system complexity.
3Speed
If manual oversight is used for governance enforcement, then adaptability to individual project needs is maintained, but the pace of software development and deployment cannot keep up with accelerated requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces slow manual compliance checking with automated machine-executable policy validation that operates at the speed of code execution. The system validates governance requirements automatically during the software development and deployment pipeline, enabling rapid deployment while maintaining precise compliance verification through systematic automated validation of code changes against defined policies.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary automated compliance validation before software deployment occurs. Machine-executable policies pre-validate code changes, dependencies, and configurations against governance requirements in advance, identifying compliance issues before deployment and enabling rapid release of pre-validated software without sacrificing precision in compliance checking.
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AI summary
The disclosed embodiments describe systems and methods for providing an automated governance platform for software development. A user selection of a policy of a plurality may be received. The policy may be comprised of policy code provided by a user during the software development. A user selection of current version or a previous version of the selected policy may be selected. The policy code may be compared to the code provided by the user. Based on the comparison, an outcome may be determined. The outcome may be comprised of a plurality of respective outcomes corresponding to each of the plurality of policy requirements. Each of the plurality of respective outcomes may be indicative of whether each corresponding policy requirement is satisfied, not satisfied, not required, or unavailable. The outcome of the application may be provided. The outcome may restrict or permit the change to the code.