Abstract: An advanced method for a software discovery process may be provided. The method comprises receiving a product identifier comprising at least one mandatory software item and a related product priority. The method includes further determining a scan type for each mandatory software item of all product identifiers of all received related product priorities, performing a priority-based software discovery, using a next scan type for each of the at least one mandatory software items for each of the at least one product identifiers for each of the received product priorities, starting with a highest priority, requiring the next scan type, and repeating the previous step of performing the priority-based software discovery with a next scan type until all scan types for mandatory software have been executed.

Abstract: A method for grouping of software components may be provided. The method may comprise relating a trigger agent to a software component, identifying the trigger agent, and triggering a trigger message of the trigger agent to potential other trigger agents. The method may also comprise monitoring a response to the trigger message from at least one other trigger agent related to at least one other software component, grouping the software components with the at least one other software component based on responses to a group of software components, and relating the group of software components to the software product based on comparisons with a software catalogue.

Abstract: A method for agile software development comprises receiving by a VM a command by a first version of a software component running on a first virtual machine, wherein the command may be executed by the software component, passing the command to a hypervisor along with an output file including a functionality identifier corresponding to the command and identifiers for versions of the software component to which the command is applicable, and transferring the command to a second VM for an execution of the functionality if the identifier of the second version of the software component was included in the output file. Additionally, the method may include sending a freeze command by the hypervisor to the second virtual machine if the identifier of the second version of the software component is not included in the output file.

Abstract: A method for agile software development comprises receiving by a VM a command by a first version of a software component running on a first virtual machine, wherein the command may be executed by the software component, passing the command to a hypervisor along with an output file including a functionality identifier corresponding to the command and identifiers for versions of the software component to which the command is applicable, and transferring the command to a second VM for an execution of the functionality if the identifier of the second version of the software component was included in the output file. Additionally, the method may include sending a freeze command by the hypervisor to the second virtual machine if the identifier of the second version of the software component is not included in the output file.