1. A computer-implemented method for managing reusable development components, the method steps performed by at least one processor and comprising:
presenting a listing of a subset of a plurality of development components to a user in response to a request, each development component in the plurality of development components comprising an application- and platform-independent package of reusable granular software for use in a software application process;
receiving, from the user, a selection of at least one of the subset of development components for inclusion in a software solutions bag associated with the user, the solutions bag being one of a plurality of solutions bags, each solutions bag associated with at least one user and comprising a container data object bundling a plurality of user-selected development components from the plurality of development components, the solutions bag interfaced into a third-party application, allowing access, through the third-party application, to development components bundled in the solutions bag; and
adding the at least one selected development components to the software solutions bag.
2. The method of claim 1, at least one of the plurality of development components associated with an enterprise software environment comprising a plurality of composite business applications, at least one of the composite business applications including an object access layer operable to exchange data with base systems of the enterprise software environment and provide a uniform interface for the business application.
3. A computer program product comprising instructions encoded on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, and operable, when executed on a processor, to perform operations comprising:
presenting a listing of a subset of a plurality of development components to a user, in response to a request, each development component in the plurality of development components comprising an application- and platform-independent package of reusable granular software for use in a software application process;
receiving, from the user, a selection of at least one of the subset of development components for inclusion in a software solutions bag associated with the user, the solutions bag being one of a plurality of solutions bags, each solutions bag associated with at least one user and comprising a container data object bundling a plurality of user-selected development components from the plurality of development components, the solutions bag interfaced into a third-party application, allowing access, through the third-party application, to development components bundled in the solutions bag; and
adding the at least one selected development components to the software solutions bag.
4. The product of claim 3, the software solutions object associated with a project team of the user and the software further operable to present parameters of the software solutions object to a second user upon authentication of membership in the project team.
5. The product of claim 3, the user comprising a remote user and the software further operable to receive the selection from the user via a third party application.
6. The method of claim 1, the software solutions bag associated with a project team of the user and the method further comprising presenting the software solutions bag to a second user upon authentication of membership in the project team.
7. The method of claim 1, the user comprising a remote user and the method further comprising receiving the selection from the user via a third party application.
8. The method of claim 7 further comprising transmitting the software solutions bag to a second third party application.
9. The method of claim 8, the software solutions bag logically linked with the first third party application via a first channel and logically linked with a second third party application via a second channel.
10. The method of claim 9, the first channel comprising an application programming interface and the second channel comprising a web service.
11. The method of claim 1, the software solutions bag logically storing the selected components and metadata associated with each component.
12. The product of claim 5 further operable to transmit the software solutions object to a second third party application.
13. The product of claim 12, the software solutions object logically linked with the first third party application via a first channel and logically linked with the second third party application via a second channel.
14. The product of claim 13, the first channel comprising an application programming interface and the second channel comprising a web service.
15. The product of claim 3, the software solutions object logically storing the selected components and metadata associated with each component.
16. The method of claim 1, the request received through the third-party application.
17. The method of claim 1, the request comprising an indication of a particular solution, the listing of the subset of development components generated to include development components previously identified as relevant to contributing to the particular solution.
18. The method of claim 1, the steps further comprising:
receiving, from the user, a request to simulate operation of a particular development component of the subset of development components; and
simulating operation of the particular development component prior to adding the development component to the solutions bag.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the operation of the particular development component is simulated using reusable sample data.
20. The method of claim 18, the steps further comprising:
receiving a request to customize the particular development component, the request including result data generated by the simulation of the operation of the particular development component;
providing a customized version of the particular development component in response to the request to customize, the customized version including modifications to the particular development component based on the received result data; and
adding the customized version of the particular development component to the software solutions bag.
21. The method of claim 1, the steps further comprising:
receiving, from a user associated with the solutions bag, feedback data pertaining to the at least one development component added to the solutions bag;
restricting access to the feedback data to users associated with the solutions bag.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A golf club head, comprising:
a face portion having a heel end and a toe end and including a top rail; and
a three-dimensional alignment member having a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion, the first and second arcuate portions being based on a dimension of a golf ball, at least a portion of the three-dimensional alignment member centrally positioned between the heel end and the toe end, the three-dimensional alignment member including a first arc section associated with the first arcuate portion, a second arc section associated with the second arcuate portion, and a central portion having a straight section extending between the first arc section and the second arc section;
wherein the first and second arcuate portions extend above the top rail, and
wherein the first and second arcuate portions are convex relative to a vertical plane substantially parallel to the face portion.
2. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional alignment member comprises a central portion extending between the first arcuate portion and the second arcuate portion.
3. A golf club head as defined in claim 1,
wherein at least one of the first arc section or the second arc section is based on a radius substantially equal to 0.84 inch.
4. A golf club head as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first arcuate portion or the second arcuate portion is based on a radius substantially equal to 0.84 inch.
5. A golf club head as defined in claim wherein the three-dimensional alignment member comprises a material associated with a specific gravity of less than 3.5 (gcm).
6. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising a middle region associated with less than 33% of a total mass of the golf club head.
7. A golf club head as defined in claim 1 further comprising:
a heel region associated with more than 33% of a total mass of the golf club head; and
a toe region associated with more than 33% of the total mass of the golf club head.
8. A golf club head, comprising:
a first body portion having a heel end and a toe end and made of a first material associated with a first density, the first body portion having a top rail extending in a direction from the heel end to the toe end; and
a second body portion made of a second material associated with a second density, the second body portion having first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion to form a visual alignment member based on a dimension of a golf ball, at least a portion of the first arcuate portion intersecting a plane substantially perpendicular to the top rail, and at least a portion of the second arcuate portion intersecting the plane,
wherein the first body portion comprises a C-shaped configuration relative to an individual at an address position, and wherein the second body portion comprises a Y-shaped configuration relative to a golf ball at an address position;
wherein the first and second arcuate portions extend above the top rail, and
wherein the first density is greater than the second density.
9. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the second body portion comprises:
a first arc section associated with the first arcuate portion;
a second arc section associated with the second arcuate portion; and
a central portion having a straight section extending between the first arc section and the second arc section.
10. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the second body portion comprises:
a first arc section associated with the first arcuate portion; and
a second arc section associated with the second arcuate portion,
wherein at least one of the first arc section or the second arc section is based on a radius substantially equal to 0.84 inch.
11. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the second ma al a material associated with a specific gravity of less than 3.5 (gcm).
12. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a middle region associated with less than 33% of a total mass of the golf club head.
13. A golf club head as defined in claim 8 further comprising a heel region associated with more than 33% a total mass of the golf club head, and a toe region associated with more than 33% of the total mass of the golf club head.
14. A club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the first body portion comprises a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and a face portion connecting the first arm portion and the second arm portion, and wherein the second body portion comprises a first leg portion extending from the second arcuate portion to the first arm portion, and a second leg portion extending from the second arcuate portion to the second arm portion.
15. A golf club head as defined in claim 8, wherein the first body portion comprises a first arm portion and a second arm portion to form a contour having outward curving portions adjacent to an inward curving center portion, and wherein each of the outward curving portions is located at or proximate to an end of the first arm portion and the second arm portion.
16. A method comprising:
providing a first body portion having a heel end and a toe end and made of a first material associated with a first density, the first body portion having a top rail extending in a direction from the heel end to the toe end; and
providing a second body portion made of a second material associated with a second density, the second body portion having a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion to form a visual alignment member based on a dimension of a golf ball, at least a portion of the first arcuate portion intersecting a plane substantially perpendicular to the top rail, and at least a portion of the second arcuate portion intersecting the plane,
providing a first arc section associated with the first arcuate portion;
providing a second arc section associated with the second arcuate portion;
providing a central portion having a straight section to connect the first arc section and the second arc section,
wherein the first and second arcuate portions extend above the top rail, and
wherein the first density is greater than the second density.
17. A method as defined in claim 16 further comprising coupling the first body portion and the second body portion together.
18. A method as defined in claim 16 further comprising coupling a first arm portion of the first body portion to a first leg portion of the second body portion, and coupling a second arm portion of the first body portion to a second leg portion of the second body portion.
19. A method as defined in claim 16, wherein providing the second body portion comprises:
providing a first arc section associated with the first arcuate portion; and
providing a second arc section associated with the second arcuate portion, wherein at least one of the first arc section or the second arc section is based on a radius substantially equal to 0.84 inch.
20. A method as defined in claim 16, wherein providing the second body portion comprises providing a body portion made of a material associated with a specific gravity less than 3.5 (gcm3).
21. A method as defined in claim 16 further comprising providing a middle region associated with less than 33% of a total mass of the golf club head.
22. A method as defined in claim 16 further comprising providing a heel region associated with more than 33% of a total mass of the golf club head, and providing a toe region associated with more than 33% of the total mass of the golf club head.
23. A golf club head, comprising:
a first body portion having a heel end and a toe end and made of a first material associated with a first density, the first body portion having a top rail extending in a direction from the heel end to the toe end; and
a second body portion made of a second material associated with a second density, the second body portion having a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion to form a visual alignment member based on a dimension of a golf ball, at least a portion of the first arcuate portion intersecting a plane substantially perpendicular to the top rail, and at least a portion of the second arcuate portion intersecting the plane,
wherein the first body portion comprises a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and a face portion connecting the first arm portion and the second arm portion, and wherein the second body portion comprises a first leg portion extending from the second arcuate portion to the first arm portion, and a second leg portion extending from the second arcuate portion to the second arm portion;
wherein the first and second arcuate portions extend above the top rail, and
wherein the first density is greater than the second density.
24. A golf club head as defined in claim 23, wherein the three-dimensional alignment member comprises:
a first arc section associated with the first arcuate portion;
a second arc section associated with the second arcuate portion; and
a central portion having a straight section extending between the first arc sec second arc section.
25. A golf club head, comprising:
a first body portion having a heel end and a toe end and made of a first material associated with a first density, the first body portion having a top rail extending in a direction from the heel end to the toe end; and
a second body portion made of a second material associated with a second density, the second body portion having, a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion to form a visual alignment member based on a dimension of a golf ball, at least a portion of the first arcuate portion intersecting a plane substantially perpendicular to the top rail, and at least a portion of the second arcuate portion intersecting the plane,
wherein the first body portion comprises a first arm portion and a second arm portion to form a contour having outward curving portions adjacent to an inward curving center portion, and wherein each of the outward curving portions is located at or proximate to an end of the first arm portion and the second arm portion,
wherein the first and second arcuate portions extend above the rail, and
wherein the first density is greater than the second density.