Configuration management of an electronic device wherein a new configuration of the electronic device is selected based on attributes of an application

1. A method for managing a configuration of an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining first stakeholder requirements;

making a first determination as to whether an application corresponding to the first stakeholder requirements is resident in the electronic device;

when the first determination is affirmative:

making a second determination as to whether prior stakeholder requirements are stored for the electronic device;

when the second determination is affirmative, establishing selected values of attributes of the application by performing a correlation that uses the first and prior stakeholder requirements and available values of attributes of the application;

when the second determination is negative, establishing selected values of attributes of the application by performing a filtering that uses the first stakeholder requirements and available values of attributes of the application; and

establishing a new configuration of the electronic device using the selected values of attributes of the application; and

when the first determination is negative:

making a third determination as to whether a set of components that can be used to form the application are resident in the electronic device and available for reuse; and

when the third determination is affirmative:

combining the set of components to form the application;

establishing available values of attributes of the application;

determining selected values of attributes of the application by performing a correlation that uses the stakeholder requirements and the available values of attributes of the application; and

establishing a new configuration of the electronic device using the selected values of attributes of the application.

2. A method for managing a configuration of an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining stakeholder requirements of a stakeholder feature;

making a first determination as to whether an application corresponding to the stakeholder feature is resident in the electronic device; and

when the first determination is negative:

making a second determination as to whether a set of components that can be used to form the application corresponding to the stakeholder feature are resident in the electronic device and available for reuse; and

when the second determination is affirmative:

combining the set of components to form the application;

establishing available sets of values of attributes of the application;

deriving values of stakeholder attributes from the stakeholder requirements;

determining a set of selected values of the application by performing a correlation that uses the values of the stakeholder attributes and the available sets of values of attributes of the application; and

establishing a new configuration of the electronic device using the set of selected values of the attributes of the application.

3. The method according to claim 2 further comprising:

storing the application as an available application of the electronic device with the established available sets of values of attributes of the application.

4. The method according to claim 2 further comprising:

when the second determination is negative:

making a third determination as to whether a set of sub-components to form a missing component of the application is resident in the electronic device and available for reuse; and

when the third determination is positive, combining the sub-components to form the missing component.

5. The method according to claim 4 further comprising:

storing the missing component as an available component of the electronic device with the established available sets of values of the attributes of the component.