Abstract: Methods, and apparatus, enabling an originating service provider to automatically obtain from a 3rd party service provider and run a software service online. Method comprising: originating service provider negotiating license with 3rd party service provider over certain software service run by 3rd party service provider; license stipulating life cycle information of software service, enabling originating service provider to automatically obtain software service; 3rd party provider delivering software service to originating service provider in response to agreements of license; and originating service provider automatically deploying software service in self-hosted environment according to stipulation of the license.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for dynamically assembling a business process model. An apparatus is configured in a company terminal connected with a network, and has a model building unit for building a business process model for the company, characterized in that the apparatus further includes: a retrieving unit for retrieving to obtain the business process model of other company from the network, and an assembling unit for assembling the business process model of the company with that of the other company to obtain an integrated business process model.

Abstract: Provides processing logic modeling and executing methods, systems and apparatus. These facilitate collaboration between business analyst and IT staff for process modeling and maintenance of the consistency between business level design and IT implementation design. A task is decomposed into sub-tasks and is represented by a tree. Annotations to the nodes of the tree are used to represent the relations between the sub-tasks. A processing logic is thus completed. When executing the processing logic, traversing the tree follows according to the annotations.

Abstract: A WBS design managing means in project management, comprising: a WBS tree-like architecture designing means for implementing graphical tree-like design of the work items included in a project and their relations, and mapping them into an enhanced WBS data structure; a WBS attribute editing means for defining and editing attributes of work items at each node of the tree-like architecture; and a WBS data managing means for storing and managing data constructed in accordance with said enhanced WBS data structure. The WBS design managing means may connect to a converter for converting said constructed data into the format required by a project management tool so as to input said structured data to the project management tool. Besides, there is provided an enhanced WBS design tool.

Abstract: A method and system for maintaining originality-related information about elements in an editable object. It is determined that an element has been edited in the editable object. The originality-related information about the element, including the element's creator, is identified and recorded by embedding the originality-related information in the editable object, storing the originality-related information in an attached file, or storing the originality-related information in association with the element in a repository configured to be shared by different editable objects and further configured to be queried for elements of the different editable objects in association with originality-related information pertaining to the elements of the different editable objects.

Abstract: A WBS design managing means in project management, comprising: a WBS tree-like architecture designing means for implementing graphical tree-like design of the work items included in a project and their relations, and mapping them into an enhanced WBS data structure; a WBS attribute editing means for defining and editing attributes of work items at each node of the tree-like architecture; and a WBS data managing means for storing and managing data constructed in accordance with said enhanced WBS data structure. The WBS design managing means may connect to a converter for converting said constructed data into the format required by a project management tool so as to input said structured data to the project management tool. Besides, there is provided an enhanced WBS design tool.

Abstract: A system modeling facilitating method and apparatus, wherein, entities and interactions among the entities are introduced gradually starting from critical entities in a system to form an abstract view of the entities. An associated sub-module is built for at least one of the entities and interfaces to other entities are formed for the sub-module. Representations of behaviors and logical relations among the behaviors, as well as links between its interfaces and representations of behaviors are built. When an entity is extended to be a sub-module, other entities appear in abstract form, forming a local view of sub-module together with the other entities shown in abstract form. A global view can be formed by combining the sub-modules depicted in the local view based on the interaction described in the abstract view.

Abstract: Methods, and apparatus, enabling an originating service provider to automatically obtain from a 3rd party service provider and run a software service online. Method comprising: originating service provider negotiating license with 3rd party service provider over certain software service run by 3rd party service provider; license stipulating life cycle information of software service, enabling originating service provider to automatically obtain software service; 3rd party provider delivering software service to originating service provider in response to agreements of license; and originating service provider automatically deploying software service in self-hosted environment according to stipulation of the license.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of visualizing and modeling the interaction relationship among entities. An example method of visualizing the interaction relationship among entities includes the steps of: presenting the internal logic of entity in an entity container; and presenting the interaction relationship among the entities in an interaction space. A method of modeling the interaction relationship among entities, includes the steps of: defining each entity related to said interaction relationship; defining an interface of said each entity in an interaction space; and defining interaction logics among said interfaces in the interaction space.

Abstract: Provides processing logic modeling and executing methods, systems and apparatus. These facilitate collaboration between business analyst and IT staff for process modeling and maintenance of the consistency between business level design and IT implementation design. A task is decomposed into sub-tasks and is represented by a tree. Annotations to the nodes of the tree are used to represent the relations between the sub-tasks. A processing logic is thus completed. When executing the processing logic, traversing the tree follows according to the annotations.