Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to autocomplete application lifecycle management entities

摘要

Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to autocomplete application lifecycle management (ALM) entities are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes obtaining an action associated with an ALM entity, and tracing an ALM repository starting with the ALM entity to automatically identify a connected set of entities and relationships that complete the action.

主权项

1. A method to autocomplete an application lifecycle management (ALM) entity, the method comprising:
determining an action associated with the ALM entity; tracing an ALM repository starting with the ALM entity to automatically identify a connected set of entities and relationships, wherein the connected set includes all entities and relationships required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships, wherein tracing the ALM repository comprises:
identifying descendants of the ALM entity and relations connected to the descendants; andadding the descendants and the relations to the connected set of entities and relationships; identifying a broken one of the relations connected to only a single entity in the connected set of entities and relationships; identifying an additional entity connected to the broken one of the relations that is not already included in the connected set of entities and relationships; and adding the additional entity to the connected set of entities and relationships that are required to carry out the action without including any unneeded entities or relationships.