System and method for computer aided software engineering
CA 2077975 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Chang, Roger A.; Torres, Robert J.; Smith, Andrew J.
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A data processing system supports preparation of a software application by coordinating the efforts of a metaprogrammer and a plurality of system users responsible to the metaprogrammer. The data processing system includes a plurality of workstations, each having a display and a user input device. Each of the workstations is connected to shared memory for access to data objects stored therein. One data object is a blank project container which includes a plurality of subject objects relating to phases in a product life for a software application. The metaprogrammer is authorized to replicate a blank project container to provide a project specified container available in shared memory to …
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- Filed September 10, 1992 and granted February 15, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 10, 2012.
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