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US 9,003,493 · App. 13/533,181 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Automatic authorization of users and configuration of software development environment

Inventors: Matthew G. Marum (Cary, NC); Samuel G. Padgett (Raleigh, NC); Steven K. Speicher (Holly Springs, NC); Michael J. Tabb (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H04L63/08G06F21/6218G06F21/31G06Q10/063118
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Patent No.
US 9,003,493
App. No.
13/533,181
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Automatic authorization of users and configuration of a software development environment can include selecting a task defined within a project plan of a software system under development, wherein the task specifies a development tool and a user, and automatically authorizing, using a centralized data processing system, the user to access the development tool.

Claims (25)

1. A method comprising:

selecting a task defined within a project plan of software system under development, wherein the task specifies a development tool and a user; and

automatically authorizing, using a centralized data processing system, the user to access the development tool, wherein

automatically authorizing the user comprises:

the centralized processing system directly accessing the development tool;

the centralized processing system logging into the development tool with administrative rights; and

configuring the development tool to provide the user with access to the development tool.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to completion of the task, de-authorizing the user with the development tool.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the task specifies a time span and the user is authorized to use the development tool only for the time span.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the task specifies each right the user is to have when accessing the development tool, wherein automatically authorizing the user to access the development tool comprises enabling each right within an account of the user within the development tool.

5. A method, comprising:

selecting a task defined within a project plan of a software system under development, the task specifying a development tool and a user; and

directly accessing, with a centralized data processing system separate from the user, the development tool to configure the development tool to automatically authorize the user to access the development tool.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

directly accessing the development tool, responsive to completion of the task and by the centralized processing system, to de-authorize the user with the development tool.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein

the task specifies a time span and the user is authorized to use the development tool only for the time span.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein

the centralized processing system directly accesses the development tool by logging into the development tool with administrative rights.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein

the task specifies each right the user is to have when accessing the development tool, and

the user is automatically authorized to access the development tool by enabling each right within an account of the user within the development tool.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2012
From: MARUM, MATTHEW G.; PADGETT, SAMUEL G.; SPEICHER, STEVEN K.; TABB, MICHAEL J.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028443/0922 →
Continuity (1)
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