Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of creating an appropriate general-purpose WBS. A machine learning apparatus includes an acquisition part and a learning control part. The acquisition part acquires first information regarding a WBS work package of standard, second information regarding a WBS work package of a project corresponding to the standard, and third information regarding a process diagnosis result of a project corresponding to the standard. The learning control part performs learning regarding a WBS work package based on the first information, the second information, and the third information, thereby creating associated information associating the first information, the second information, and the third information.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a machine learning device, a degree of severity prediction device, and a machine learning method capable of accurately predicting the degree of severity based on a situation. The machine learning device according to the present disclosure includes a learning unit configured to learn a degree of severity of problem solving for a target component item based on a data set that associates determination data regarding a risk of the target component item with a problem that has occurred in software development and state variables regarding the risk.

Abstract: A license managing apparatus includes: a license management section configured to issue a license in response to a request from an external device carrying an application to be activated using the license; a database configured to store ordinary license information indicating the number of ordinary licenses yet to be issued until a predetermined maximum number of ordinary licenses being held are exhausted, and overdraft license information indicating the number of overdraft licenses issued after the ordinary licenses have been exhausted; and a transmission section configured to transmit the license issued for the external device.