Eenforcing A Documented Workflow Across Distributed Computing Entities: Technical Effect Not Decided

The application underlying the discussed decision concerns a method for changing software code executed by a production system by combining continuous integration (CI) with a change management computer system (CMCS) to enforce a documented workflow across distributed computing entities. The decisive issue was whether the method steps defining the workflow for checking, testing, and deploying changed software code across a distributed system constituted merely a non-technical change management workflow or involved technical features requiring a more detailed assessment. The Board found that the examining division had insufficiently analyzed the technical character of the individual method steps and remitted the case for further prosecution, including an additional search covering continuous integration.