Lifecycle Representation Temporal Dependency Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current change management approaches in large-scale electronic business environments are burdensome due to complex interdependencies between applications and services, requiring human expertise and lacking automation, especially in documenting technical constraints and dependencies, which hinders automated change assessment and impact prediction.
Innovation Solution
The technique involves expressing temporal relationships between lifecycle representations of computing system components, analyzing these relationships to generate sequences of change management operations, and storing them as deployment descriptors to manage distributed systems effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If change management processes are automated using existing approaches, then productivity improves, but the complexity of managing temporal relationships between multiple computing resources worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex system into individual lifecycle representations for each computing resource, with each resource having its own state machine and transition rules. This allows automated management of temporal relationships by breaking down the overall system complexity into manageable, independent units that can be orchestrated through defined interfaces and dependencies.
2Measurement precision
If detailed temporal relationships between computing resources are documented, then measurement precision of dependencies improves, but the loss of time required to maintain documentation worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically discovering and documenting temporal relationships through runtime monitoring of computing resource states and transitions. The framework automatically generates and updates lifecycle representations, dependency graphs, and impact analyses without requiring manual documentation, thereby maintaining high measurement precision while eliminating time loss associated with manual documentation maintenance.
3Reliability
If human expertise is involved in assessing change impact across computing resources, then reliability of change management improves, but the loss of time required for manual assessment worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual human assessment with an automated computational framework that uses lifecycle representations, state machines, and dependency analysis algorithms. The system automatically calculates change impact by evaluating temporal relationships and state transitions, maintaining reliability through formalized assessment logic while eliminating the time consumption of manual expert review.
4Ease of operation
If standardized automation frameworks are implemented across different IT organizations, then ease of operation improves, but adaptability to varying organizational frameworks worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The framework implements dynamics by making the lifecycle representations and dependency models adaptable to different organizational contexts. The system allows configuration of resource types, states, and transitions to match specific organizational frameworks while maintaining a standardized core automation engine. This enables the same automated framework to operate effectively across diverse IT organizations by dynamically adjusting to their specific requirements.
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AI summary
Techniques for expressing temporal relationships between lifecycle representations are provided. For example, one computer-implemented technique includes obtaining two or more lifecycle representations of at least two components of at least one computing system, annotating the two or more lifecycle representations with at least one temporal relationship, and storing the two or more annotated lifecycle representations as at least one deployment descriptor, wherein the at least one deployment descriptor is useable for managing the at least one computing system. In another computer-implemented technique, at least two internal lifecycle models of at least two components of at least one computing system are analyzed, at least one temporal relationship that exists between the at least two components are analyzed, and the at least one temporal relationship is transformed into at least one sequence of change management operations for use in managing the at least one computing system.