JP3275295B2 - Display of work process diagram - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a device for displaying a work process diagram, and more particularly to a method and a device for displaying a work process diagram for displaying a work process diagram by creating a process network of a work procedure using a computer. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to efficiently and smoothly carry out construction work, the work procedure of the construction is very important, and various construction planning methods have been proposed. As one of the typical methods,
PERT (PerformanceEvaluation and Review) described in "PERT CPM" by Tomoaki Sekine (Nikkagiren)
Technique) and CPM (Critial Path Method).

[0003] In these methods, a process network indicating the order relation of each operation is created, and the process networks are stacked to create an entire process. Conventionally, a Gantt chart or a network diagram has been used as a method for displaying the planned work process. The Gantt chart shows dates (processes) on the horizontal axis and various production facilities and work areas on the vertical axis, so that the work start date and work period of each work can be seen at a glance. On the other hand, the network diagram is represented by an arrow indicating a work period and a connection point indicating a connection relation between the works, and expresses the order relation of the works in an easy-to-understand manner.

[0004]

In the display of a conventional work process diagram using such a Gantt chart or the like, generally, each work process is performed as shown in (1) Detailed work process diagram display in FIG. It is displayed as a name 60 and a rectangle 61 representing the period. However, when the planned scale of the work process becomes large, the display using the rectangle 61 cannot display all the work processes. Therefore, the work process name 60 and the rectangle 61 representing the work period are omitted and simplified. As shown in FIG. 10 (2) Overall work process diagram display, the work process
2 is displayed. However, if the work process is displayed only by the line 62, there is a problem that it is difficult to understand the detailed process such as the name of the work process and the order relation of the work processes.

Therefore, depending on the system, as shown in FIG. 11A, a vertical screen scroll function 72 is used to move the display area 71 of the screen in the vertical direction so that many items can be displayed. By using the screen scroll function 73, the display area 71 is moved in the horizontal direction so that many periods can be displayed. Also, as shown in FIG. 11 (2), a method of switching and displaying the entire display 74 of the work process diagram and the detailed display 76 of the work process diagram using the work area display guide 75, and FIG. As shown, the entire display 78 of the work process diagram and the detailed display 79 of the work process diagram are divided on the same display screen 77, and the area shown in the movable display area guide 80 provided in the entire display 78 of the work process diagram is created. For example, there is a method of displaying the details in the detailed display 79 of the process diagram.

However, there is a problem that the operation is complicated. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in a case where the plan scale of a work process is large, it is possible to know a long-time work process and to know a detailed work process for a desired period. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a device for displaying a work process diagram for creating and displaying a work process diagram that can be created.

[0007]

To solve the above SL problems SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION, according to claim 1 invention, the work schedule for the various operations
Based on the work information including,
Work items are set in one of the vertical and horizontal directions.
Display and work of each work item with the other axis direction as time axis
A display device for the work process diagram that displays the schedule graphically
Any time in the time axis direction of the process diagram display area
Specifying means for specifying the
The process diagram display area based on the time
A detailed process display area showing a predetermined period and another period
Means for dividing into a simplified process display area and the detailed process table
The scale of the time axis corresponding to the display area is defined as the first scale.
And a time axis scale corresponding to the simplified process display area.
And a second scale smaller than the first scale
Scale to set the time axis scale for each display area
Setting means, corresponding to the divided detailed process display area.
Detailed process display area of the display means based on the work information
To display the detailed work process of the first scale,
Based on the work information corresponding to the simplified process display area
The simplified scale display area of the second scale is displayed in the simplified process display area of the display means.
Display abbreviated work processes or omit some work processes
Display control means for displaying
are doing. The invention described in claim 2 is the same as the invention described in claim 1.
In the invention described in the above, the work information is a display quality of each work.
Contains the information indicating the priorities, and the work
The process is simplified in the simplified process display area.
The work process with the lower display priority is displayed as
Display of work process is omitted in simplified process display area
It is characterized by: The invention according to claim 3
Represents the simplified process indication in the invention of claim 1
The area further includes a first simple area adjacent to the detailed process display area.
A schematic process display area and adjacent to the first simplified process display area
And the length in the time axis direction is longer than the first simplified process display area.
Is divided into a second simplified process display area in which
It is characterized by having been. Further, according to claim 4
The invention according to claim 3, wherein the work information
The information is information indicating the first to third display priorities of each work.
And the first display priority operation step includes the first and second display priorities.
And the work process is simplified in the second simplified process display area.
The work process of the second display priority order is
The work process is simplified and displayed in the simplified process display area 1
Work in the second simplified process display area
The display of the process is omitted, and the work process of the third display priority order
Are formed in the first and second simplified process diagram display areas.
The display of the business process is omitted.

According to the present invention, the process diagram display region is divided into a detailed process display region and a simplified process display region based on an arbitrary designated time, and the detailed process display region displays a detailed work process. In the simplified process display area, the simplified work process or a part of the work process is omitted and displayed. For example, in the case where the plan scale of the work process is large and the details of the work process cannot be displayed on the display screen. In this case, it is possible to know the outline of the long-term work process on one display screen, and to know the details of the work process near a desired time.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a method and apparatus for displaying a work process diagram according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a work process diagram display device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the work process diagram display device 10 includes a computer 20 for performing various processes, and an output unit 40 and an input unit 50 connected to the computer 20.

The computer 20 includes a processing unit 22 for preparing a work process drawing. The processing unit 22 includes an input data processing unit 23, an operation unit 24 for PERT calculation, etc., and a process drawing for obtaining a work process drawing. It has a part 25. The input data processing unit 23, the arithmetic unit 24, and the process diagram creating unit 25 execute various arithmetic processes according to processing procedures set in advance.

The computer 20 has an input unit 5
Input / output control unit 2 which takes in data input from 0 or outputs data processed by the processing unit 22 to the output unit 40
6, a process network structure data unit 30 and a calculation result storage unit 32 configured on a recording medium. The process network structure data unit 30 can create a network of data on work processes, such as data on work order relationships, events and work order relationships such as milestones, the number of days required for each work, and data on work process display priorities. Stored in the form of structural data.

The operation result storage unit 32 stores the result of processing the data of the process network structure data unit 30 by the operation unit 24 and the process diagram creation unit 25 in a format in which the output unit 40 can display a work process diagram. Is stored. On the other hand, the output unit 40 is a display device 4 for displaying a process network and a work process diagram created by the processing unit 22.
1. Printer 4 for outputting them as a hard copy or the like
2

An input unit 50 is provided with a keyboard 51 for the operator to directly input various data, a floppy disk drive 52 for inputting data in the form of a data file from another computer system, and communication from another computer. Modem 5 for inputting data via a line
3 and so on. Next, the work process diagram display device 10
Will be described. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an image configuration output to the display means 41 or the like of the output unit 40 by the work process diagram display device 10. As shown in the figure, a work process diagram 130 is displayed on the screen of the display means 41. In the work process diagram 130, dates are displayed in the row direction and work items 131 are displayed in the column direction. The work process diagram 130 shows a work process (work schedule) for each work item.

The date includes an entire process date 135 for displaying the entire process on a monthly basis, a monthly process date 136 for displaying a predetermined month of the entire process date 135 on a weekly basis, and a predetermined week on the monthly process date 136 on a daily basis. Weekly process date 137 to be displayed
It is divided into The work process diagram 130 corresponds to the overall process date 135, the monthly process date 136, and the weekly process date 137, and corresponds to the entire process display area 132 for displaying the process of the entire process period, and the monthly for displaying the monthly process. The process is displayed in the process display region 133 and the weekly process display region 134 for displaying the weekly process. As shown in the work process diagram 130, the scale in the date direction of each display area is expanded or contracted in accordance with the unit of the displayed date.

On the other hand, the work item 131 is divided into work areas (work area A, work area B, work area C) in which each work is performed, and the work period of the work process is described in the row of each work item. ., Or rectangles 150, 152 are displayed. The weekly process display area 134 is used as a display area for displaying details of the work process in the weekly process period. In the weekly process display area 134, the work periods of all the work performed during the weekly process period (7 days) are displayed as rectangles, and the work process names are also displayed above the rectangles. In the example of the work process shown in FIG. 2, since the centering work is performed in the work area A and the work area C during this weekly work period (the period from March 15 to March 21), this work period is rectangular. 150,
The work process names (centering) 150A and 152A are displayed above the rectangles 150 and 152, respectively.

On the other hand, the whole process display area 132 and the monthly process display area 133 are used as display areas for displaying the outline of the work process in these periods. In the monthly process display area 133, the work processes in the monthly process period for two weeks before and after the weekly process display area 134 are displayed, and in the overall process display area 132, the entire process for several months before and after the monthly process display area 133 is displayed. The work process of the period is displayed, and the work period of the work performed in the entire process period and the monthly process period is simplified and displayed by lines 154, 154, 154,. Also, only the desired work set in advance is selected and displayed. Although details will be described later, whether or not to display the work period in the overall process display area 132 and the monthly process display area 133 for each work refers to the display priority set in advance for each work.

Further, as shown in FIG.
The designation symbol 120 for designating the date of the weekly process drawing date 137 is displayed at the top of the column corresponding to the date of the work process drawing 130. The designation symbol 120 can be moved to a desired position using a mouse, a keyboard, or the like.
By moving 20 to a position corresponding to a desired day, three days before and after that day (a total of seven days) are changed to weekly process dates, and dates in the weekly process display area for displaying details of work processes are changed. Is available. The position of the first designation symbol 120, that is, the date initially assigned to the weekly process date may be set by the user as an initial input, or may be automatically set according to the current date. Good.

As described above, the work process diagram 130 includes a simplified process display region (overall process display region and monthly process display region) for displaying an outline of the entire work process, and a detailed process display region for displaying the details of the work process. (Weekly process display area), it is possible to know the overall state of the work process from the work process diagram 130, and at the same time to know the detailed work process for a desired period.

When not all the work items are displayed in one screen, the work item display area 131 is scrolled in the vertical direction by the vertical scroll function 140 on the right portion of the screen shown in FIG. Work processes for all work items are displayed on the screen.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the work process diagram 130 displays a pile 139 of workers involved in the work in addition to the work process of each work. Here, the pile is displayed on the pile 139 of the worker, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the pile of other materials may be displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Processing function 111 for the display result, that is, detailed information display 112 of each work process, constraint condition display 113 such as between work processes and milestones, and pile display of work staff 11
4. Process items for setting process correction 115 of work process, printing 116 and returning to the initial screen 117 are displayed,
Various items can be set by selecting these processing functions 111.

Next, the operation of the work process diagram display device 10 for creating the work process diagram 130 will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a schematic processing procedure of the work process diagram display device 10. First, the process is started (step 90), and data of information on a work process is input from the input unit 50 (step 91). The order and method of the data input here are not limited. Then, preprocessing of the input data is performed by the input data processing unit 23, and process network structure data arranged in a predetermined format is created and stored in the process network structure data unit 30 (step S92).

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the structure of the process network structure data recorded in the process network structure data section 30. FIG. FIG. 4 shows a general process network in a diagram format. As shown in the figure, the process network structure data indicates, for example, the work order relationship, such as that work a, work b, and work c can be performed simultaneously, and work d can be performed after work a is completed. It is.

FIG. 5 shows the process network structure data in the form of a table, and shows the structure of the actual process network structure data recorded in the process network structure data section 30. As shown in the figure, in the process network structure data section 30, for each work indicated by the work names a to n, the names A, B, and C of the work areas in which the work is performed, and the work are performed. Precedent work that must be completed by the end of the work, subsequent work that is performed after the work is completed, and predecessor events that must be performed to carry out the work (for example, attendance at the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Completion, etc.), subsequent events to be performed after the work, the number of work days required for the work, and the number of workers. As shown in FIG. 6, the date of the event is also stored in the process network structure data unit 30 in the form of a table (event information).

The process network structure data section 30
Stores a display priority order regarding display. As described above, the operation process diagram display device 10 is configured to display the operation process diagram 13
0 is the entire process display area 132 and the monthly process display area 13
3. The display is divided into three display areas of a weekly process display area 134 (see FIG. 2). The display priority recorded in the process network structure data unit 30 indicates the display priority of each work process in each display area, and the entire process display area 132 for displaying only the outline of the work process or the monthly process This is a parameter for determining whether or not to display the work period of each work in the display area 133.

Here, for the work with the display priority of 1 value, the work period is displayed only in the weekly process display area 134. For the work with the display priority of 2 value,
This indicates that the work period is displayed in the monthly process display area 133 and the weekly process display area 134. On the other hand, for the work with the display priority of 3 value, the entire process display area 13
2. Monthly process display area 133 and weekly process display area 13
4 shows that the work period is displayed in all display areas.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the work a has a display priority of 2, so the work period is displayed in the monthly process display area 133 and the weekly process display area 134, but the entire process display is performed. It is not displayed in the area 132. On the other hand, since the work b has a display priority of 3, the work period is displayed in any of the entire process display area 132, the monthly process display area 133, and the weekly process display area 134. Since the work c has the display priority of 1, the work period is displayed only in the weekly process display area 134 and is not displayed in the other display areas.

As described above, the information data relating to the work process is input from the input unit 50 (step S91), and the process network structure data is created by the preprocessing of the input data processing unit 23, and the process network structure data unit 30 is prepared.
(Step S92), the process planning operation is performed by the operation unit 24 using the process network structure data stored in the process network structure data unit 30 (step S93). That is, the calculation unit 24 performs the PER
Based on the T method, a work start date, a work completion date, a work period, an earliest start date, an earliest completion date, a latest start date, a latest completion date, and the like are obtained from the process network structure data described above. And
Perform resource leveling process considering the pile of workers and plan the work process. In addition, a critical path or the like is obtained as a standard work procedure.

Next, a display date is input based on a display date preset in the system or a display date set by the user (step S94). The display date is the date indicated by the designation symbol 120 that determines the period of the weekly process date 137 in the work process diagram 130 shown in FIG.
The middle date of the weekly process date 137 is shown. If the display date is changed by moving the position of the designated symbol 120 with a mouse or the like, or by inputting a date with a keyboard or the like, the processing of step S94 is repeatedly executed by an iterative processing. In, the change value is input from the moving position of the designation symbol 120 or the keyboard or the like.

Then, based on the set display date value, work priority order processing, which will be described in detail later, is performed (step S95), and the overall process date 135 and the monthly process date 13 are processed.
6, and the weekly process date 137 are set. Further, based on the display priority of the work process stored in the process network structure data section 30, the content to be displayed for each display area of the work process diagram is determined.

After the work process plan and the display contents of the work process diagram have been determined as described above, the process diagram creating section 25 performs a display coordinate setting process (step S96). That is, the process diagram creation unit 25 converts the start date of the work, the work period, and the like, and the coordinates of the display screen, and stores the converted data in the calculation result storage unit 32 as the data for the display screen. FIG.
5 is a diagram showing a part of display screen data stored in a calculation result storage unit 32. FIG. The display screen data shown in the figure is stored in a format in which a work process diagram can be displayed in the output unit 40 in accordance with the display priority. Here, the work start date and the work completion date are indicated by the X coordinate on the display device. In addition to the values replaced with the Y coordinate and the Y coordinate, the data is stored including the earliest start date and the latest completion date obtained by the PERT calculation by the arithmetic unit 24.

When the display screen data is created in this way and the display screen data is stored in the calculation result storage section 32, based on the display image data, a work process diagram 130 or the like as shown in FIG. An image is created and output and displayed on the display device 41 of the display unit 40 by the input / output control unit 26 (step S97). When the image of the work process diagram 130 or the like is displayed, the process waits for an event from the input unit 50 (step S98), and when the process of changing the display date of the week process diagram date is performed, the display of step S94 is performed again. Repeat the process from the date input. When printing is designated and printing is performed, the created work process diagram 130 is output to the printer 42 of the output unit 40 (step S99).
If the end is specified, the process ends (step S100).

Next, a detailed processing procedure related to display will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure relating to the display. Step S95 of the flowchart in FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing details of a display priority order process. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, when the display date is input based on the display date preset by the system or the display date set by the user (step S94),
Next, with the set display date, the entire process display area,
The monthly process display area and the weekly process display area are set (step S150). Here, as shown in the work process diagram 130 of FIG. 2, the display period in each display area is as follows.
Two months are set in the whole process display area, two weeks are set in the monthly process chart display area, and seven days are set in the weekly process display area. However, each display period can be determined appropriately from the entire period of the work process diagram.

Next, the process network structure data section 30
The display start date and the display end date of the work process of each work stored in (1) are referred to (step S151), and the display position of each work process is evaluated (step S152). Then, the target work process is displayed in any part of the work process diagram, that is, the whole process display area 153, the monthly process display area 155,
It is determined whether to display in the weekly process display area 157 (steps S153, S155, S157). Then, referring to the display priority of the process network structure data, the display and non-display of the work process are determined, and the whole process diagram display presence / absence process (step S154), the monthly process diagram display presence / absence process (step S156), and the weekly process, respectively. A figure display presence / absence process (step S158) is performed. Regarding the display of the work process, as shown in the display content of FIG. 9, the work days are displayed in units of one month in the whole process display area, the work name is not displayed, and the work days are displayed in the monthly process display area. Display by week, do not display the work name. On the other hand, in the weekly process display area, the number of working days is displayed in units of one day, and the name of the work is displayed.

The above process is performed for all the work processes by the determination process of step S159, and the display coordinate setting process is performed (step S95). As described above, in the above embodiment, the display area (detailed process display area) for displaying the details of the work process in the work process diagram is displayed on a daily basis, and the display area (simplified process display area) for displaying the outline of the entire work process. )
Is displayed on a monthly and weekly basis, but is not limited to this.
The date unit of the detailed process display area and the simplified process display area can be set arbitrarily, and the period of each display area can also be set arbitrarily.

In the above-described embodiment, the simplified process display area is divided into two display areas of the whole process display area and the monthly display area by different date units. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may make it divide by an area | region or more display areas.

[0036]

As described above, the process diagram display region is divided into the detailed process display region and the simplified process display region based on an arbitrary designated time, and the detailed process display region is displayed in the detailed process display region. Is displayed in the simplified process display area by omitting the simplified work process or a part of the work process.For example, the plan scale of the work process is large and the details of the work process are displayed on the display screen. Even if it is not possible, it is possible to know the outline of the work process for a long time and to know the details of the work process near a desired time. Therefore, it is not necessary to operate the display screen of the work process diagram using a means such as moving the display screen of the work process diagram as in the conventional display device, and to perform a complicated operation of searching for a part for which details are to be displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a work process diagram display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a work process diagram created by a work process diagram display device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a schematic processing procedure of a work process diagram display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing, in a diagram format, a process network describing the structure of process network structure data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing process network structure data in a table format.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating dates of events stored in a process network structure data unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a part of display screen data stored in a calculation result storage unit;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure regarding display.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing display contents in each display area of the work process diagram.

FIGS. 10A and 10B are diagrams showing a conventional method for displaying a work period in a work process diagram, in which (1) shows a detailed work process, and (2) shows a display method for the entire work process. It is.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display method of a conventional work process diagram, in which (1) is a display area moving method,
(2) is a diagram showing a screen switching display system, and (3) is a diagram showing a combination display system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Work process diagram display apparatus 20 ... Computer 22 ... Processing unit 23 ... Input data processing unit 24 ... Calculation unit 25 ... Process diagram creation unit 40 ... Output unit 50 ... Input unit 130 ... Work process diagram

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A work item is displayed in one of a vertical axis direction and a horizontal axis direction of a process diagram display area of a display unit based on work information including work schedules of various works, and the other is displayed. In a display device for a work process diagram that graphically displays the work schedule of each work item with the axis direction as a time axis, a designation means for designating an arbitrary time in the time axis direction of the process diagram display area, and designation by the designation means Means for dividing the process diagram display region into a detailed process display region indicating a predetermined period near the time and a simplified process display region indicating another period based on the specified time; The corresponding time axis scale is a first scale, and the time axis scale corresponding to the simplified process display area is a second scale smaller than the first scale. Scale setting means for setting a scale, and displaying the detailed work process of the first scale in the detailed process display area of the display means based on the work information corresponding to the divided detailed process display area, Display control means for displaying the simplified work process of the second scale in the simplified process display region of the display means based on the work information corresponding to the process display region or for omitting and displaying some of the work processes; A display device for a work process diagram, comprising: 2. The work information includes information indicating a display priority of each work, and a work process having a higher display priority includes:
The display simplified process working process is simplified in the display area, the working process of the lower display priority, the working process of claim 1, wherein the display of the work processes in the simplified process display area is omitted The display device in the figure. 3. The simplified process display area further includes a first simplified process display area adjacent to the detailed process display area, and a first simplified process display area adjacent to the first simplified process display area. 2. A display device for a work process diagram according to claim 1, wherein the display device is also divided into a second simplified process display region in which the length in the time axis direction is reduced. 4. The work information includes first to third information of each work.
In the first display priority operation process, the operation process is displayed in a simplified manner in the first and second simplified process display areas, and the second display priority operation process is performed. In the process, the work process is displayed in a simplified manner in the first simplified process display region, and the display of the work process is omitted in the second simplified process display region.
4. The work process diagram display device according to claim 3 , wherein the display of the work process is omitted in the first and second simplified process diagram display areas in the work process of the display priority order.