JP2000259730A - Work managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a work managing system capable of independently managing a shared work item and an individual work item and integrally operating them through a user interface on the other hand. SOLUTION: Servers 10a, 10b are connected with clients 12a, 12b through a network 16. The server 10 is provided with a shared work item storing part 24 for storing the shared work items of plural users and the client 12 is provided with an individual work item storing part 34 for storing the individual work item of each user generated in connection with the shared work items. A work item list operation interface 30 operates in the Web browser 28 of the client 12 to integrally display one of the shared work items stored in the part 24 and the individual work item of some user, which is generated in connection with the shared work item and stored in the part 34, on a display of the client 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention assists a plurality of workers in managing a work procedure using a shared work item list in a computer network in which a plurality of computers communicate via a wireless or wired network. About the system. In particular, the present invention relates to a system capable of managing the work management of each worker in more detail by associating the individual work items of each worker with the shared work item list and managing them in an integrated manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The following technologies exist for supporting work process management in a wide area network environment.

First, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
In the technology according to Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 237292 (Document 1), activities constituting a work process are expressed as a hierarchical structure. The details of the work in each activity are defined independently in association with each activity name, and when the work process is executed, the details of the processing content of each activity are expanded and executed based on the activity name.

In the technology according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-305660 (Document 2), when describing a business process between a plurality of departments, a business process within each department is defined independently, and Supports coordination with other departments' business by searching for business processes in each department.

In the technique according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-105623 (Document 3), various work processes are configured by registering hierarchically defined partial work processes and combining them. Execute. It is possible to assign and manage access rights to each partial work process.

[0006] Further, in the technology according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-111888 (Document 4) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-177608 (Document 5), a main workflow defined as a processing procedure between departments, The sub-workflow that defines the process is defined independently, and when starting the process in each section, it is developed and executed in the work process of each section.

On the other hand, in the technologies according to US Pat. No. 5,630,069 (Reference 6) and US Pat. No. 5,734,837 (Reference 7), individual activities constituting a work process are defined as “proposal”, “agree”, and “perform”. The work process is defined and managed by grasping it as a loop structure composed of basic operations of "satisfaction" and breaking down each of these operations as an independent activity.

Further, T. Kreifelts, E. Hinrichs, G.
`` Sharing To-Do Lists with a Distribu by Woetzel
ted Task Manager (Proceedings of 3rd European Conf
erence on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECS
CW'93), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993, pp. 15-
17) ”(Reference 8), a ToDo list is shared among a plurality of users, and work is performed jointly while breaking down tasks on the ToDo list.
The shared ToDo list is centrally managed by the server. Further, a method of maintaining the consistency of the ToDo list while exchanging messages between a plurality of servers has also been proposed.

Also, "Visual Suppo" by KD Swenson
rt for Reengineering Work Processes (In Proceeding
s of ACM COOCS'93, pp.130-141, 1993) "(Reference 9)
In the technology disclosed in the above, work processes are defined hierarchically according to the level of detail. The individual activities that make up the upper work process are independently detailed as lower sub work processes. This makes it possible to define a shared work process in a distributed and cooperative manner.

[0010] Also, R. Medina-Mora, T. Winograd, R.
Flores, and "The Action Workflow Ap" by F. Flores
proach to Workflow Management Technology (In Proce
edings of ACM CSCW'92, pp. 281-288, 1992) ”(Literature 10) has the same meaning as in the above-mentioned Literatures 6 and 7, and the individual activities constituting the work process are described as“ The work process is defined as a loop structure composed of the basic actions of "Proposal", "Agree", "Perform", and "Satisfaction", and by breaking down each of these actions as an independent activity, to manage.

[0011]

In the early workflow management system, a management system in which work was performed according to a predefined work process was mainly used. But,
This method lacks flexibility in the event that a failure occurs during execution.Therefore, a method of managing work processes hierarchically and decentralized so that they can be flexibly changed according to the situation is used. , JP-A-9
-204379, JP-A-10-63751, and the above-mentioned documents 1, 2, 5 to 10.

However, according to these prior arts, work processes are managed on the premise that they are shared by a plurality of workers, so that they cannot be integratedly managed in combination with work processes managed by individuals. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a work management system capable of managing a shared work item and an individual work item independently, while integrating them. It is in.

[0014]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a work management system according to the present invention comprises: a shared work item shared by a plurality of users in a network to which a plurality of computers are connected; A personal work item corresponding to each of the above, and a work management system that integrally manages the
A plurality of personal work item storage means each storing the personal work item corresponding to each of the plurality of users; and a first connected to the network and storing the shared work item.
Shared work item storage means and a new personal work item or a shared work item, and a shared work item already stored in the first shared work item storage means or a personal work already stored in the personal work item storage means. A work item input unit that generates the item in association with the item and stores the generated item in a corresponding one of the first shared work item storage unit and the personal work item storage unit; and a first shared work item storage unit. A work item display unit for combining and displaying one of the stored shared work items and a personal work item generated in association with the shared work item and stored in one of the personal work item storage units; It is characterized by the following.

Further, the work management system according to the present invention comprises:
Shared work item storage means for storing shared work items of a plurality of users; and a plurality of individuals provided corresponding to each of the plurality of users and storing personal work items of each user generated in association with the shared work items Work item storage means, shared work items stored in the shared work item storage means,
A work item display unit that combines and displays the personal work item generated in association with the shared work item and stored in one of the personal work item storage units.

The information storage medium according to the present invention reads out shared work items of a plurality of users from the shared work item storage means, and selects a personal work item of a certain user from one of the plurality of personal work item storage means. And a program for causing a computer to function as means for reading out and combining and displaying them.

According to the present invention, a shared work item is managed by a plurality of users, while a personal work item is managed by an individual user, and each user combines and displays the shared work item and his / her own work item. , So that both can be integratedly managed.

In one aspect of the work management system according to the present invention, a second shared work item storage that is connected to the network separately from the first shared work item storage means and stores another shared work item. Means for generating a new shared work item in association with the shared work item already stored in the first shared work item storage means, and storing it in the second shared work item storage means. Work item input means, wherein the work item display means is provided with the second
The shared work item stored in the shared work item storage means is also displayed together.

According to this aspect, the first shared work item storage means and the second shared work item storage means can be provided in separate servers on the network. Therefore, even when the servers are managed by different organizations, the shared work items to be managed across the two organizations can be appropriately managed.

In one aspect of the work management system according to the present invention, the shared work item stored in the first shared work item storage means indicates to whom the display of the shared work item is restricted. The work item display means includes: a display unit for displaying the shared work item itself based on the access right information included in the shared work item.

According to this aspect, for example, it is possible to impose a display restriction on the shared work item on a predetermined organization basis by the access right information, so that unnecessary shared work items are hidden from other persons. It is possible to easily grasp necessary shared work items.

Further, in one aspect of the work management system according to the present invention, when a certain user creates a new personal work item in association with a shared work item, which is a worker in charge, the work item input means may input the work item. It is stored in the personal work item storage means corresponding to the user.

According to this aspect, it is possible to avoid a problem that a shared work item in which another person is a worker is broken down to generate his or her own personal work item.

Further, in one aspect of the work management system according to the present invention, a series of personal work items related to a shared work item designated by a user among personal work items stored in one of the personal work item storage means. File output means for outputting a work item to a file, and file input means for generating a series of personal work items related to the shared work item based on the contents of the file when one of the shared work items is designated by a user And further comprising:

According to this aspect, the mode of the breakdown from the standard shared work item to the personal work item is recorded in the file, and the file can be used later. It can be done easily and quickly.

Further, in one aspect of the work management system according to the present invention, when at least one personal work item stored in the personal work item storage means is designated, the personal work item is associated with the designated personal work item. And a personal work item list display means for displaying a list of personal work items input by the work item input means.

According to the work item display means, only the individual work items associated with one shared work item are combined and displayed. According to this aspect, the individual work items associated with other shared work items can be freely set. Can be displayed.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration in which the present invention is applied to a work management system on a wide area network. In the system shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of servers 10a and 10b and a plurality of clients 12a, 12b and 14 are connected to a network 16. Here, the client 12 is for a general user, and the client 14 is for a system administrator. Servers 10a and 10b have httpd (Hype
An rText Transfer Protocol Daemon (20) is installed, and functions as an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) server that manages the World Wide Web (WWW). Client 12
Web browsers 28 and 36 which include Java ™ virtual machines (Java VM) 32 and 40 and can execute Java programs are installed in a, 12b and 14 respectively.

Each of the servers 10a and 10b has a shared work item storage unit 24 for holding a shared work item list, and a URL.
(Uniform Resource Locator) registers, deletes, and modifies the shared work item specified by the client 12a, 1
2b or a shared work item access unit 22 which is performed in accordance with an instruction from another server 10. In addition,
The servers 10a and 10b are given unique URLs in the network 16.

In the clients 12a and 12b, the Web
The work item list operation interface 30, which is a Java applet, is loaded and executed via the browser 28 via the network. The work item list operation interface 30 is provided in the applet storage unit 1 of each server 10.
8 is held. Also, the clients 12a, 12
b stores a personal work item storage unit 34 for storing personal work items.

In the client 14 for the server administrator,
A server management interface 38, which is a Java applet, is loaded and executed via the network 16 through the Web browser 36. This server management interface 38 is also held in the applet storage unit 18 on each server 10.

The shared work item storage unit 24 of the servers 10a and 10b and the individual work item storage unit 34 of the client 12
As shown in FIG. 2, the individual work item data (records) held in the “work item ID”, “work item name”, “work person in charge”, “upper work item”, “lower work” It is configured to include “item list”, “work status”, “delivery date”, and “access right”. In the present embodiment,
"Nnnnnn" represents numerical data, and "..." represents character string data. “# <List T>” represents a list of data of type T.

In FIG. 3, "work item ID" is numerical data for specifying a work item. “Work item name” is character string data representing a work name. “Work person” is character string data representing the name of the person who leads the work.
The “higher-level work item” is filled with data that specifies the work item that is the source of the work item. The work item represents a work required to achieve the content of the work item specified by the data. "Subordinate work item list"
Contrary to the above, data specifying one or more work items necessary to achieve the work item is entered.

The “upper work item” and the “lower work item list” are specified in the form of a URL or “work item ID”. Which format is used is automatically determined from the stored data. For example, in the case of URL format, "http: //"
, And in the case of a work item ID, starting with a numerical value, the data format can be determined from the difference in the start of the data. As described above, if the upper work item and the lower work item are specified by the URL, the shared work item storage unit 24 of another server 10 and the client 1
The work item data stored in the second personal work item storage unit 34 can be associated. Therefore, for example, if the server 10a and the server 10b are used in different departments, the work items of other departments can be associated with the work items of their own department.

Further, in FIG. 2, "work status" is character string data representing the current progress status of the work item, and is one of "before start", "in progress", "stop", and "complete". Is filled in. “Delivery date” is character string data in a predetermined format that represents the expiration date of the work item. The “access right” is character string data representing a group name having an access right (a display right, a change right, a delete right, a work right, a breakdown right (the right to create a lower work item)) to the work item. is there.

The shared work item access section 22 of the server 10
Holds a work item address table shown in FIG. 3 in which a URL corresponding to each work item is associated with the work item ID. Also, the shared work item access unit 22
Has a function of adding / deleting an entry in the shared work item storage unit 24 in response to a user's instruction to add / delete a work item.

In the present system, a work process name is given to a series of work items managed mainly by the server 10. The shared work item storage unit 24 of the server 10 has a work process table that holds work process names and the like. This table includes “work process ID”, “work process name”,
It is composed of an entry consisting of “head work item ID”.

The server 10 is provided with a user information table which can be accessed only by the administrator of the server 10 and registers and holds the access right of the client user. This table contains "user ID", "user name",
"Password", "Group ID", "Login status"
, A user table composed of
And a group table including “group name”, “upper group ID”, and “group member”.

Next, the operation of the system having the above configuration will be described.

First, the operation interface of the client 12 will be outlined. Web browser 2 of client 12
8, the UR of the server 10 holding the shared work item
When L is specified, the specified server 10 transmits an HTML document including a description for loading the work item list operation interface, which is an applet stored in the applet storage unit 18, to the Web of the client 12.
It is displayed on the browser 28.

At this time, Java RMI (Remote Metho
d Invocation) mechanism, a window for login as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the screen of a display (not shown) of the client 12. When a "user name" and a "password" are designated by a keyboard or the like on the client 12, an entry registered in a user table of the server 10 is checked, and authentication is performed. Then, when the authentication is successful, “login state” is set in the “login state” of the user table.

When the log-in process is completed as described above, all applets constituting the work item list operation interface 30 are loaded and executed, and a user interface having an appearance as shown in FIG. Is displayed. The user interface includes a work process list 46, a work item list 48,
The operation panel 58 includes an individual ToDo list 50.

The display of work items on the user interface is performed as follows. That is, We
When the server 10 is accessed from the browser 28, the shared work item access unit 22 replaces all “work process names” in the work process table held in the shared work item storage unit 24 of the server 10 with the work It is displayed in the process list 46.

When any one of the work processes is designated in the work process list 46, a series of work items related to the work process are obtained by the corresponding head work item ID in the work process table and the corresponding work item ID. The work item data is extracted by tracing the lower work item list, and is displayed in the column of the work item list 48. At this time, the work item data stored in the personal work item storage unit 34 is also read out. The display of the personal work item is performed on the personal ToDo list 50.

For each of the displayed work items,
The “access right” is collated using the user information table on the server 10 side, and is displayed if there is an access right, and is not displayed otherwise. If the work item described in the “subordinate work item list” of a certain shared work item is a personal work item related to another user, the display of the work item on the personal ToDo list 50 is canceled. . Whether the personal work item belongs to oneself or another person depends on whether the URL of the client 12 used by the user is written in the “subordinate work item list” of the higher-level work item data, or the URL of the client 12 used by the other person. It can be determined based on whether it is written. Thus,
The work item list 48 displays a list of work items having an access right (display right), and the personal ToDo list 50 lists only the user's own work items.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying a work item on the user interface of FIG. As shown in FIG. 11A, in the work item display processing, when a work process in the work process list 46 is designated by the user, the head work item ID corresponding to the work process is stored in the shared work item storage. In addition to reading from the work process table (see FIG. 4) held in the unit 24, work item data specified by the head work item ID is read from the shared work item storage unit 24 (S101). Then, the process A is executed on the read work item data (S102).

FIG. 7B is a flowchart for explaining the processing A. In this process A, first, process B is executed on the read work item data (S103). Figure (c)
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process B. In this process B, it is checked whether the read work item data is a shared work item accessible to the user (S108). If the work item is an accessible work item (S109), the work item is displayed on the work item list 48 (S11).
0), and end the process B. On the other hand, if it is not an accessible work item, the display of the shared work item is skipped, and
To end. At this time, if the read work item data is read from the personal work item storage unit 34, S
Skip processing B performed in 103, and instead,
The personal work item is displayed on the personal ToDo list 50.

When the process B is completed, the process returns to FIG. 7B again, and in S104, the work item data specified by the “lower-order work item list” included in the work item data is read. Then, the process A is performed on the extracted work item data (S105). That is, the process A is executed recursively. Thus, in the user interface of FIG. 6, the work process, the shared work item, and the individual work item are respectively displayed in the columns of “work process list”, “work item list”, and “personal ToDo list”.

The work item list operation interface 30, which is an applet, receives an "update event" from the server 10 asynchronously. This event is generated by a request to add, delete, or change a work process and a work item from another client 12, which is performed as described below. When this event is received, the above-described event occurs. Execute the display process in the "work process list" and "work item list", and update to the latest work item list.

Here, a process for adding a work item will be described.

First, in the work process list 46, by specifying "add" or "delete" in the pop-up menu 52 with a mouse or the like, a work process can be added or deleted. Pop-up menu 52
When "Add" is selected, a dialog window as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. Enter a work process name in the "Work process name" field of this window and press the register button to create a work process with that name. At the same time, it is registered in the work process table (see FIG. 4), and at the same time, the display contents of the work process list 46 are updated. Further, when “delete” of the pop-up menu 52 is selected while any one of the work processes is selected in the work process list 46, an entry relating to the work process is deleted from the work process table, and the work process list 46 is deleted. The display of the work process disappears.

Next, in the work item list 48, by specifying "add" or "delete" in the pop-up menu 54 with a mouse or the like, an instruction to add or delete a work item can be given. While any work item in the work item list 48 is selected, the pop-up menu 5
When the user selects "addition" of 4, the breakdown for the selected work item is performed. In this case, first, referring to the “access right” for the work item, it is checked whether or not there is a breakdown right for the work item (however, if the selected work item is a personal work item, it is not checked). . As a result, when it is determined that the user has the breakdown authority, a dialog window having the appearance as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Here, “type (shared / personal)”, “work item name”, “delivery date” , "Access right" (if the user does not have the authority to break down, this is displayed and the process is terminated). For input of the “access right”, the group names registered in the group table held in the server 10 are extracted and selected from them. Upon completion of the input, when the “type (shared / individual)” is designated as “individual”, by the individual work item storage unit 34, and when “shared” is designated, the shared work item storage unit 24 is designated. Each of the work items is stored. At this time, in the “higher-level work item” column of the newly generated work item data,
The “work item ID” of the work item selected in the “work item list” in FIG. 6 is set. Further, the “work item ID” of the newly generated work item is added to the “subordinate work item list” of the work item selected in the “work item list”.

Next, in a state where none of the work items in the work item list 48 is selected, the pop-up menu 54 is displayed.
When "Add" is selected, a dialog window having the appearance as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Here, "Type (shared / individual)", "Work item name", and "Access right" are input. Upon completion of the input, when the “type (shared / individual)” is designated as “individual”, the individual work item storage unit 34 is used. When the “shared” is designated, the shared work item storage unit 24 is used. Each of the work items is stored. In this case, “NULL (empty)” is set in the “higher-level work item” column of the newly generated work item.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of adding a work item to the work item list. In this process, first, it is determined whether the designated work item is a personal work item (S201). If the work item is not a personal work item, it is checked whether or not the selected work item has the breakdown right (S202). If the work item is not the breakdown right, the work item adding process ends (S203). on the other hand,
If the user has the breakdown right, or if it is determined in S201 that the work item is a personal work item, a dialog window shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the Web browser 28 of the client 12, and the work item newly added through the window is displayed. Is input (S204). Thereafter, the "type (shared / individual)" column is checked in the input result, and it is determined whether the work item to be registered is a shared work item or a personal work item (S205). If the work item to be registered is a shared work item, it is registered in the shared work item storage unit 24 (S206), and if it is a personal work item, it is registered in the personal work item storage unit 34 (S206). S207). After that, if there is a currently selected work item in the “work item list” of FIG. 6, the work item ID given to the selected work item is set in the “higher work item” of the registered work item data. If there is no currently selected work item, "NULL" is set as the "upper work item" of the registered work item data (S208). further,
If there is a currently selected work item, the work item ID assigned to the work item just registered in the “subordinate work item list” of the work item is added (S209).

When any one of the work items in the work item list 48 is selected and “delete” is selected from the pop-up menu 54, the “access right” column of the work item data is referred to and the corresponding work item is deleted. It is checked whether or not the user has the deletion right (if the selected work item is a personal work item, no reference is made). As a result, when it is determined that the user has the deletion right, the work item is deleted from the personal work item storage unit 34 or the shared work item storage unit 24.

When any one of the “execute button”, “stop button”, and “completion button” on the operation panel 58 is pressed with a mouse or the like while any one of the work items in the work item list 48 is selected, The information on the “worker” and “work state” of the selected work item can be changed. When the “execute button” is pressed, the “access right” of the selected work item is checked, and it is checked whether the user has the right to be in charge of work (work charge authority) (the selected work item). Is not checked if is a personal work item). When it is determined that the user has the authority to work, the user name of the user is stored in the “worker” column of the work item, and “under processing” is stored in the “work status” column. If the user does not have the authority to perform the task, the user is notified of the fact and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the “stop button” or “completion button” is pressed, it is checked whether the “worker” of the work item matches the user, and if they match, the “work status” of the work item is checked. "", "Cancel" or "Complete" is set in accordance with the pressed button. On the other hand, if they do not match, the user is notified of this fact and the process ends.

As described above, as a result of the addition, deletion, and change operations, if a change occurs in the work process data stored in the work process table on the server 10 or the shared work item storage unit 24, The logged-in clients 12 are checked based on the “login status” of the user information table, an update event is distributed to those clients 12, and the screen display of each client 12 is updated based on the latest information. You.

Next, management of the personal ToDo list will be described.

In the work process list 46 displayed by the work item list operation interface 30, one of the work processes is selected with a mouse or the like, and the work item list 48 below the work process list displays the shared work related to the specified work process. When the shared work item displayed in the work item list 48 is selected while the item is displayed, “Add to personal ToDo list” in the pop-up menu 54 becomes available. When this “add to personal ToDo list” is selected, the selected work item is additionally displayed in the personal ToDo list 50 of the work item list operation interface 30. The personal ToDo list 50
Are the "work item name", "belonging work process", "delivery date", and "work status". Personal ToD
In the o-list 50, the “add” and “delete”
By pressing with a mouse or the like, individual work items can be added or deleted. In this case, the work item data related to the shared work item and the work item data related to the personal work item are related to each other by the columns of “upper work item” and “lower work item list”.

When any one of the “execute button”, “stop button” and “completion button” on the operation panel 58 is pressed while any one of the work items is selected in the personal ToDo list 50, the personal work item is Can be changed. This processing procedure is performed in a state where any work item is selected in the work item list 48.
This is the same as when any button on the operation panel 58 is pressed.

Finally, the setting of the access matter will be described.

The administrator of the server 10 displays an HTML document for loading the server management interface 38, which is an applet prepared for server management, on the Web browser 36, and stores the applet of the server 10 according to the displayed document. The server management interface 38 is loaded from the unit 18. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the appearance of the server management interface 38. User registration and group registration are performed through this user interface. This user interface includes a group name list 64 which is a column for displaying a list of already registered group names, and a user name list 66 which is a column for displaying a list of registered user names.

In the user name list 66, if "addition" or "deletion" of the pop-up menu 62 is selected with a mouse or the like, a user can be added or deleted. When "Add" is selected in the pop-up menu 62, FIG.
A dialog window with the appearance as shown in Fig. 2 is displayed. Enter "User name" and "Password" and press the "Register" button to create a new entry.
It is added to the user table. On the other hand, if “delete” is selected from the pop-up menu 62 with any user selected in the user name list 66, the entry relating to the user is deleted from the user table, and the display of the user name list 66 is updated. Is done.

Similarly, by selecting “add” or “delete” from the pop-up menu 60 in the group name list 64, a group can be added or deleted. When "Add" is selected from the pop-up menu 60, a dialog window having the appearance as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed, and an entry composed of the "Group name" and "Member" specified here is generated. Is stored. At this time, if any group has been selected, the group ID is stored in the “higher-level group ID”. On the other hand, if “delete” is selected from the pop-up menu 60 while any group is selected in the “group name list”, the entry relating to the selected is deleted from the “group table” and the “group name list” is deleted. The display is updated.

According to the work management system described above,
It is not necessary to determine all work items at the beginning of work,
Breakdown of work can be performed step by step and distributed among users at the time of execution. In addition, since the shared work item and the individual work item can be integratedly displayed on the display of the client 12, the work procedure can be managed in more detail.

The work management system described above can be variously modified. For example, when the user specifies a shared work item displayed in the work item list 48, personal work items generated by the user are collectively output to a file and saved in association with the shared work item. When a similar personal work item is generated in association with a similar shared work item and a breakdown is to be performed, the content of the file is regarded as a series of personal work items associated with the similar shared work item. , May be read and expanded. In this way, a routine personal work item generated by breaking down a certain shared work item can be saved to a file and later used to break a similar shared work item. Down can be performed easily and quickly.

In the work management system, only the personal work items related to the work process specified in the work process list 46 are stored in the personal ToDo list 5.
However, by designating one or more of the personal work items stored in the personal work item storage means 34, all of the personal work items related thereto are displayed in a list. It may be. In this way, the user can manage personal work items related to a certain work process, and can manage personal work items to be managed independently of the work process frame.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a work process management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of work item data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a work item address table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a work process table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a login window.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a work item list operation interface.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an algorithm for displaying a work item in a work item list.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a dialog window for designating addition of a work process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a dialog window for specifying addition of a work item.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an algorithm for adding a work item to a work item list.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a server management interface.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a dialog window for user registration.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a dialog window for group registration.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 servers, 12 and 14 clients, 16 networks, 18 applet storage units, 20 http
d, 22 shared work item access unit, 24 shared work item storage unit, 28, 36 Web browser, 30 work item list operation interface, 32, 40 Java virtual machine, 34 individual work item storage unit, 38 server management interface, 46 work Process list, 48
Work item list, 50 individual ToDo list, 52,
54, 56, 60, 62 Pop-up menu, 58
Operation panel, 64 group name list, 66 user name list.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A work management system for integrally managing a shared work item shared by a plurality of users and a personal work item corresponding to each of the plurality of users in a network to which a plurality of computers are connected. A plurality of personal work item storage means connected to the network, each storing the personal work item corresponding to each of the plurality of users; a first connected to the network and storing the shared work item A shared work item storage means, a new personal work item or a shared work item, and a shared work item already stored in the first shared work item storage means or a personal work item already stored in the personal work item storage means. Generated in association with the first shared work item storage means or the personal work item storage means. A work item input unit to be stored; one of the shared work items stored in the first shared work item storage unit; and a work item generated in association with the shared work item and stored in one of the personal work item storage units. And a work item display unit for displaying the combined work items. 2. The work management system according to claim 1, wherein the second shared work item storage means is connected to the network separately from the first shared work item storage means and stores another shared work item. And generating a new shared work item in association with the shared work item already stored in the first shared work item storage means,
A second shared work item storing means for storing the
A work item input unit, wherein the work item display unit also displays the shared work item stored in the second shared work item storage unit. 3. The work management system according to claim 1, wherein the shared work item stored in the first shared work item storage unit is to whom the display of the shared work item is restricted. The work management system according to claim 1, wherein the work item display unit restricts display of the shared work item itself based on the access right information included in the shared work item. 4. The work management system according to claim 1, wherein said work item input means generates a new personal work item in association with a shared work item in which a user is a worker in charge. In a case, the work management system stores the information in the personal work item storage means corresponding to the user. 5. The work management system according to claim 1, wherein, among the individual work items stored in one of the individual work item storage means, a shared work item designated by a user is included. File output means for outputting a series of related items to a file; and when one of the shared work items is designated by the user, generating a series of personal work items related to the shared work item based on the contents of the file. A work management system, further comprising: 6. The work management system according to claim 1, wherein at least one personal work item stored in said personal work item storage means is designated. A work management system, further comprising a personal work item list display means for displaying a list of personal work items input by the work item input means in relation to the work items. 7. A shared work item storage unit for storing shared work items of a plurality of users, and a personal work item of each user generated in association with the shared work item, provided for each of the plurality of users. A plurality of personal work item storage means for storing; a shared work item stored in the shared work item storage means; and a personal work generated in association with the shared work item and stored in one of the personal work item storage means. A work management system, comprising: an item and a work item display unit for displaying the items in a combined manner. 8. A shared work item of a plurality of users is read from the shared work item storage means, and a personal work item of a certain user is selectively read from one of the plurality of personal work item storage means, and these are combined and displayed. An information storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as means.