SOFTWARE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A software selection system has: a database in which software component information that indicates a use record of a plurality of software components is recorded, the software component information including a functional requirement in which one or more functions of a software component are prescribed and a non-functional requirement in which a plurality of items as attributes of the function belonging to the functional requirement are prescribed; an estimation assistance terminal for inputting request information including the functional requirement and the non-functional requirement requested in a software component to be used for a new project; and an estimation assistance server for searching the database on the basis of the request information. The assistance server extracts, from the database, a combination of such software components that at least partial function in the functional requirement belonging to the software component information of the database conforms to the functional requirement belonging to the request information, and at least a part of the items in the non-functional requirement belonging to the software component information conforms to the non-functional requirement belonging to the request information, the software components having a record of being used at the same time in the past.