公开(公告)号：GB2423163A

公开(公告)日：2006-08-16

申请号：GB0502837

申请日：2005-02-11

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHESSELL AMANDA ELIZABETH ,  DRING GILES J B ,  HOPKINS RICHARD A ,  LOJEK ROBERT J ,  WINTER CHRISTOPHER C ,  YUSUF K L

IPC: G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: The integration of a software application into an existing IT infrastructure is performed by creating an inventory using the Model Driven Architecture (RTM) (MDA) approach from the Object Management Group (RTM). The inventory includes information about each component of the IT infrastructure, the software application to be integrated, how each component communicates with each other component, and, how the software application communicates with each component. Each element of information of the inventory has a single source and owner. The inventory is used to analyse the IT infrastructure and the software application during the integration of the software application into the IT infrastructure. From the contents of the inventory, artefacts that execute the integration and test programs to verify that the integration is complete and correct are generated. The inventory is progressively updated during and after the integration process as more information about the IT infrastructure or the software application is developed.