Opportunity Management Software Architecture via Segmented Service Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large and complex enterprise software systems require scalable and cost-effective architecture designs that allow for efficient interaction between multiple components across different hardware platforms, which existing solutions fail to address effectively.
Innovation Solution
The software architecture design for opportunity management applications is structured as multiple process components interacting through service operations, including Lead Processing, Opportunity Processing, Customer Quote Processing, Sales Order Processing, Activity Management, and Groupware components, allowing for scalable deployment across separate hardware platforms and efficient interaction between deployment units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If enterprise software systems are designed with multiple components across different hardware platforms, then the system can handle complex business requirements, but the architecture complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The software system is divided into distinct process components (Lead Processing, Opportunity Processing, Customer Quote Processing, Sales Order Processing, Activity Management, and Groupware), each responsible for specific business functions. These components can be independently deployed on separate hardware platforms, reducing overall architecture complexity while maintaining the ability to handle complex business requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal service interface framework that enables all process components to interact through standardized service operations. This multi-functional interface layer allows different components to communicate consistently across various hardware platforms, simplifying the architecture while preserving system versatility.
2Productivity
If software components are distributed across multiple hardware platforms, then system scalability is improved, but the difficulty of component interaction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces service interfaces as intermediary layers between distributed process components. These standardized service operations act as mediators that facilitate communication between components on different hardware platforms, reducing interaction difficulty while maintaining scalability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If process components are deployed on separate hardware platforms, then deployment flexibility is increased, but the cost of implementation increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the system into independent process components that can be deployed separately, organizations can implement the software incrementally based on budget constraints. Each component can be deployed on existing hardware platforms, reducing overall implementation costs while maintaining deployment flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized service interface framework provides a universal communication mechanism that works across different hardware platforms and deployment scenarios. This universality reduces the need for custom integration work, lowering implementation costs while preserving deployment flexibility.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing ad-hoc goods movement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include, for example, a lead processing process component that handles the potential interests of a business partner and the interactions with the business partner over a certain timeframe; an opportunity processing process component that handles the development, processing, and monitoring of opportunities; a customer quote processing process component that handles the processing of quotes to customers offering the delivery of goods according to specific terms; and a sales order processing process component that handles the processing of customers' requests to seller for delivery of goods, on a specific date, for a specific quantity, and for a specific price.