1. A computer-implemented method of identifying one or more social patterns in a status history of one or more change requests in a system, the method steps comprising: receiving as input change request data history, wherein the data history comprises status history data; detecting social patterns in the change request status history; storing information about the social patterns, the information including status history of the one or more change requests; and providing information on social patterns detected within the status history of the one or more change requests.