JP2003196435A - Business flow creation support method and system for it - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve reuse and uniformity of quality in respective business flows. <P>SOLUTION: A control device 11 having a business flow creation processing function 11a obtaining a business condition is instructed to obtain the business hierarchy corresponding to the obtained business condition from a business condition management table 12C expressing the corresponding relationship between the business condition and the business hierarchy, and obtain ID for specifying a business flow chart corresponding to the obtained business hierarchy from a business flow hierarchy table 12A showing the corresponding relationship between the business hierarchy and the business flow chart ID. The business flow chart specified by the obtained business flow chart ID is collected from preset various business flow charts to create the business flow of the business flow chart appropriate for the obtained business condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, when creating a business flow of an information system relating to a customer's business, manages the conditions for the business with respect to each flow diagram and supports the creation of the business flow. The present invention relates to a flow creation support method and system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In constructing an information system relating to a customer's business, a business flow is created for organizing the business requirements of the customer and for mutual understanding with the customer. Conventionally, the designer of the information system needs to understand the work of the customer when creating such a work flow, and deep business knowledge is required. For this reason, the SE (System Engineer) or consultant who is familiar with the work of the customer interviews the customer based on the purpose, request, solution problem, etc. of the work of the customer, and by organizing these, the work of the customer I was trying to understand and creating a business flow.

[0003]

However, the above-described conventional business flow is created for each customer or even for each project even if the customer is the same, and it is considered from the viewpoint of data reusability. There was a disadvantage that it was inefficient. For example, when creating workflows for various projects of the same customer, if one information system designer is in charge of creating the workflows, the workflows that have common workflow content between projects can be shared or shared. Although it is possible to divert data, if multiple information system designers share and create the data, if there is no cooperation among the designers, such sharing and diversion of data can be promoted. However, it is not efficient in terms of reusability of data, and inefficient in terms of time and cost for constructing an information system.

Further, the above-mentioned arrangement of customer requirements is relatively dependent on the ability of the designer, and it is practically impossible to share the data and divert the data as described above. As described above, the conventional business flow has a disadvantage that it is inefficient in terms of quality uniformity.

The present invention provides a business flow creation support method and system capable of improving the inconvenience of the conventional example, and improving reuse and quality uniformity in each business flow. Is the purpose.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] To achieve the above object,
A business flow creation support method according to the present invention represents, in a control device having a business flow creation processing function that acquires a business condition, a business hierarchy corresponding to the acquired business condition, and represents a correspondence relationship between the business condition and the business hierarchy. An ID that is acquired from the business condition management table and identifies a business flow diagram corresponding to the acquired business hierarchy is the business hierarchy and business flow diagram I.
D obtained from the business flow hierarchy table that represents the correspondence with D, and the business flow diagram identified by the acquired business flow diagram ID is collected from various business flow diagrams that are provided in advance to obtain the acquired business. The business flow of the business flow diagram corresponding to the condition is created.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the business flow creation support system according to the present invention includes a business flow hierarchy table showing a correspondence relationship between a business hierarchy and an ID for identifying a business flow diagram corresponding to the business hierarchy. , A business condition management table that represents the correspondence between business conditions and the business hierarchy, and a control device that creates a business flow to be created. Here, in the present invention, when a business condition is acquired by the control device, a business hierarchy corresponding to the acquired business condition is acquired from the business condition management table and corresponds to the acquired business hierarchy. The business flow diagram ID is acquired from the business flow hierarchy table, the business flow diagram specified by the acquired business flow diagram ID is collected from various business flow diagrams that are provided in advance, and the acquired business condition is acquired. The business flow creation processing function for creating the business flow of the business flow diagram corresponding to is provided.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a business flow creation support system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the configuration of the business flow creation support system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 indicates a business flow creation support system of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the business flow creation support system 1 includes a control device 11 having a business flow creation processing function 11a, and a first table storage device 12 connected to the control device 11 and having various tables described later. When,
An input device (for example, a keyboard or a mouse) 13 connected to a control device 11 for an operator to input business conditions and the like, which will be described later, and a confirmation screen of a business flow hierarchy and a business flow diagram, which will be described later, are displayed. The display device 14 connected to the control device 11 is provided. Further, the control device 11 includes a second table storage device 1 described later.
5 is connected.

Here, the business flow hierarchy is a hierarchical structure composed of various business hierarchies displayed in a business flow hierarchy display area 501 of a business hierarchy display screen 50 shown in FIG. 11, which will be described later. Each business hierarchy is displayed together with its name. And the various business layers are
As will be described later, it corresponds to the business condition input (selected) by the operator. Also, with the above work flow diagram,
It refers to individual component drawings displayed in the work flow diagram display area 601 of the work flow display screen 60 shown in FIG. 12, which will be described later.

The first table storage device 12 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a business flow hierarchy table 12A, a business flow diagram table 12B, a business condition management table 12C and a business condition table 12D are stored. These various tables will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the business flow hierarchy table 12A is a name of a business hierarchy (in this embodiment, a business hierarchy for sales management, order processing, etc.) (hereinafter referred to as "business hierarchy name"). Is stored in a field 12A ₂ , and a field 12 is stored in which a business hierarchy ID for uniquely identifying the business hierarchy is stored.
A ₁ , a column 12A ₃ storing a business flow diagram ID (a business flow diagram ID of a business flow diagram table 12B described later) for linking the business hierarchy to a business flow diagram attached to the business flow diagram, and its business hierarchy It has a column 12A ₄ for storing a parent layer ID for linking to the parent layer to which the item belongs.
With this parent hierarchy ID, the business hierarchy display screen 5 shown in FIG.
A hierarchical structure such as 0 is represented.

Next, the business flow chart table 12B is a table in which various information relating to the contents of the actual business flow chart is stored, and as shown in FIG. 3, one business flow chart is specified. Column 12 for storing IDs of business flow charts
B ₁ , column 12 in which a business process ID for identifying the business process object in the identified business flow diagram is stored
B ₂ and a column 12B ₃ for storing the name of a business process object (hereinafter, referred to as “business process name”) displayed in the business flow diagram when the identified business flow diagram is created. Here, the business process objects of the records with the same business flow diagram ID in the business flow diagram table 12B are included in the same business flow diagram. A business flow diagram associated with each business process specified by the business flow diagram ID is stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown).

Next, the business condition management table 12C is a table that stores link information indicating which business hierarchy each business condition is associated with. As shown in FIG. In this case, a column 12C ₁ in which a business condition ID for identifying a business condition such as an inventory item or a direct delivery product is stored, and a column 12C _{2 in} which a business hierarchy ID corresponding to each business condition is stored. Have. The corresponding tier ID refers to the business tier ID in the business tier ID column 12A ₁ of the business flow tier table 12A described above,
It shows a link to a business hierarchy corresponding to the business condition.

Next, the work condition table 12D is a table for recording the work condition when the operator inputs (selects) the work condition from a work condition input screen 40 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a column 12D ₁ for storing the business condition ID corresponding to the input (selected) business condition, and a selection flag for specifying that the business condition is input (selected) (selected In this case, the field 12D ₂ is stored as "1" in the case, and "0" in the case where it is not selected).

The above-mentioned tables are shown in FIG.
It has the link relation shown in. That is, the business hierarchy ID of the business flow hierarchy table 12A, the parent hierarchy ID of the table 12A, and the corresponding hierarchy ID of the business condition management table 12C have a link relationship with each other, and the business flow hierarchy table 12A and The work flow diagram tables 12B have link relationships with each other, and the work condition management table 12C and the work condition table 1 are also provided.
The 2D work condition IDs have a link relationship with each other.

An outline of the business flow creation support system configured as described above will be described. This system uses a business flow template provided in advance in a storage device or the like in which general business is subdivided and each business flow is described as independent. Independence here means that each business flow functions independently so that there is no case where the meaning is not connected because a specific business is not selected. More specifically, the business flow diagrams are described so that there is no direct relationship between each business flow, such as via a file, without having a link between the business flow diagrams. . In addition, if the meaning is difficult to understand, you can directly enter comments in the workflow to make up for it.
The IDs of the business flows that are the prerequisites for each business are managed by the various tables described above for each business condition, and each business condition is hierarchically structured to have a relationship between the business conditions, and this is linked to the business hierarchy. Manage. This allows
As will be described later, when the business condition is input and the business hierarchy display screen 50 is displayed, by selecting a desired business hierarchy in the business flow hierarchy on the business hierarchy display screen 50, the business hierarchy is attached to this business hierarchy. It is possible to select the business flow diagram.

The concept of such a work flow creation support system will be described with reference to FIG. The operator inputs desired business conditions from the business flow template 20 described above shown in FIG. 7 (actually, as will be described later, FIG.
Input the business condition on the business condition input screen 30 shown in 0 to select), and select the business hierarchy linked to this business condition.
By deleting it, the business flow hierarchy 21 shown in FIG. 7 is generated. The operator can use the business flow diagram 22 shown in FIG. 7 which is linked to a desired business hierarchy in the business flow hierarchy 21.

Next, the process of creating a business flow diagram using the business flow creation support system according to this embodiment will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 and each screen shown in FIGS. 9 to 12.

First, when the present system is activated, the control device 11 displays the business flow creation support system menu screen 30 shown in FIG. 9 on the display device 14 (step ST).
1). Here, the menu screen 30 is provided with various buttons for selecting a menu of the present system, and the operator selects a desired button from the menu (step ST2). As the menu selection button in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, a condition registration button 301 for displaying a business condition input screen 40 shown in FIG. 10 for inputting business conditions when creating a business flow, and an input A confirmation button 302 for confirming the selected business hierarchy and its associated business flow based on the selected business conditions, the actually selected business hierarchy and business flow are created, and a file (business flow hierarchy table 15A and A creation button 303 for instructing execution of a process to be stored in the second table storage unit 15 as the business flow diagram table 15B) and an end button 304 for instructing termination of the present system are provided.

When the operator presses the condition registration button 301 on the menu selection screen 30, the control device 11 displays the business condition input screen 40 shown in FIG. 10 on the display device 14 by the business flow creation processing function 11a ( Step ST3). Then, the operator inputs the business condition on the business condition input screen 40 (step ST
4). Here, the business condition input screen 40 is provided with a business condition input section, and the business condition input section in the present embodiment has various business condition items such as check boxes as shown in FIG. A work condition selection unit 401 that can be selected (or a plurality of selections can be made), and a work condition selection unit 40 that selects one of various work condition items.
2 and are provided. Therefore, the operator selects and inputs desired work conditions from each of the selection units 401 and 402. Further, on the business condition input screen 40, an OK button 403 which is pressed by the operator after the business condition is input, and the input of the business condition is canceled and the menu screen 30 is displayed on the control device 11.
A cancel button 404 for returning to is provided.

When the operator finishes inputting the business conditions as described above (specifically, the operator inputs the business conditions on the business condition input screen 40 and presses the OK button 403), the control device 11 Business flow creation processing function 11
The a, the entries in the selection flag field 12D ₂ business condition table 12D shown in FIG. 5 is registered as a flag within each operational condition, return to the menu screen 30.

Next, on the re-displayed menu screen 30
When the operator presses the confirmation button 302, the control device 11
Uses the business flow creation processing function 11a to perform business condition testing.
Select the required business condition ID from the cable 12D (specific
Specifically, the selection flag column 12D _Two"1" flag is set at
Select the business condition ID that has been set).

Furthermore, the business workflow creation processing function 11a of the control unit 11, the selection from the hierarchical ID column 12C ₂ which searches the business condition management table 12C shown in FIG. 4 business condition ID selected as a key, the corresponding Business condition ID
The tier IDs corresponding to are collected and the business tier display screen 50 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display device 14 (step ST
5). At that time, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 uses the hierarchy ID collected from the corresponding hierarchy ID column 12C ₂ and uses the business hierarchy ID that matches this hierarchy ID.
Is the business hierarchy ID column 12 of the business flow hierarchy table 12A.
And to search for and retrieve from A _1, to get the parent hierarchy ID in the record of the acquired business hierarchy ID. Then, the business hierarchy ID that matches this parent hierarchy ID is the business hierarchy ID column 1
2A _{1 is} searched and acquired, and a higher parent hierarchy ID is acquired. After that, it is repeated until the highest parent hierarchy ID is acquired, and the business flow hierarchy including the acquired business hierarchy is created.

On the business hierarchy display screen 50, as shown in FIG. 11, the business flow hierarchy display area 501 in which the business flow hierarchy created as described above is displayed, and the operator selects from the business flow hierarchy. A flow display button 502 for displaying a work flow diagram associated with the alternatively selected work hierarchy and a “close” button 503 for returning to the menu screen 30 are displayed.

Next, the operator selects a business hierarchy display screen 50.
When each button of is selected (step ST6), the controller 11
Displays the business flow diagram or the menu screen 30 by the business flow creation processing function 11a. For example, when the operator presses the “close” button 503, the control device 11
Displays the menu screen 30 by the business flow creation processing function 11a.

In the present system, it is possible to display a work flow diagram associated with a desired work hierarchy which the operator has selectively selected from the work flow hierarchies in the work flow hierarchy display area 501. Here, the operator selects the business hierarchy from the input device 13 such as a mouse or a keyboard. For example, an input device 13 such as a keyboard
When selecting from, each business hierarchy in the business flow hierarchy is given a number and displayed on the screen, and the operator inputs the number corresponding to the desired business hierarchy from the input device 13. The operator presses the flow display button 502 with the job hierarchy selected in this way. Thereafter, the control device 11 uses the business flow creation processing function 11a to display the business hierarchy ID corresponding to the selected business hierarchy in the business flow hierarchy table 1 shown in FIG.
The job hierarchy ID column 12A _{1 of} 2A is searched to acquire the business flow diagram ID corresponding to the business hierarchy ID. Then, the data corresponding to the acquired business flow chart ID is shown in FIG.
The business flow diagram associated with the selected business hierarchy extracted from the business flow diagram table 12B shown in FIG.
The business flow display screen 60 shown in is displayed on the display device 14 (step ST7).

The business flow display screen 60 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a business flow diagram display area 601 for displaying the business flow diagram and a “close” button 602 for returning to the business hierarchy display screen 50 are displayed, and the operator presses the “close” button 602. When pressed, the control device 11
Displays the business hierarchy display screen 50 on the display device 14 by the business flow creation processing function 11a.

As described above, the operator uses the business hierarchy display screen 50 to display the business flow hierarchy (each business hierarchy therein).
After confirming the business flow diagram on the business flow display screen 60, if the business flow hierarchy and the business flow diagram are desired, the business flow hierarchy and the business flow diagram are generated. Specifically, the operator returns to the menu screen 30 and presses the create button 303 on the menu screen 30 to cause the control device 11 to perform a process of generating a business flow hierarchy and a business flow diagram. If the confirmed business flow hierarchy and business flow diagram are not the desired ones, the above-mentioned business conditions are input again, or the specification is changed as described later.

When the operator presses the create button 303 on the menu screen 30, the control device 11 causes the business flow creation processing function 11a to perform the process when the confirmation button 302 on the menu screen 30 is pressed (that is, FIG. 11). Processing that displays the business flow hierarchy on the business hierarchy display screen 50 shown in
Generate a business flow hierarchy by performing the same processing as. Here, if the hierarchy to be deleted from the template has child hierarchies, all applicable child hierarchies below the child hierarchies must also be deleted. Therefore, the deletion of the child hierarchy is repeated recursively until there is no such child hierarchy.

The business flow hierarchy thus generated (specifically, the business hierarchy that constitutes the business flow hierarchy),
And the data related to the business flow diagram linked to the business hierarchy is a file (business flow hierarchy table 15A or business flow diagram table) different from the business flow hierarchy table 12A and the business flow diagram table 12B in the first table storage device 12. 15B), and stores it in the second table storage device 15. Here, when the user of this system confirms the business flow, normally, the business flow hierarchy table 15A and the business flow diagram table 15B in the second table storage device 15 are referred to.

When the generation processing is completed as described above, the control device 11 displays the menu screen 30 by the business flow creation processing function 11a. The operator causes the control device 11 to end the present system by pressing the end button 304 on the menu screen 30.

Next, a method of customizing the business flow in this system will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 13 and each screen shown in FIGS.

When the system is started, the control device 11
Displays the business flow creation support system menu screen 30 shown in FIG. 9 on the display device 14 (step ST1).
1). On the menu screen 30, as shown in FIG.
A custom button 305 for displaying the business hierarchy display screen 70 shown in FIG. 14 for changing the specification of the business hierarchy is provided. When the operator presses the custom button 305, the control device 11 causes the business flow creation processing function to be performed. The job hierarchy display screen 70 is displayed on the display device 14 by 11a (step ST12). At that time, the business flow creation processing function 11a creates a business flow hierarchy using the business flow hierarchy table 15A stored in the above-mentioned second table storage device 15, and creates a business flow hierarchy display area of the business hierarchy display screen 70. 701.

Here, on the business hierarchy display screen 70,
As shown in FIG. 14, the specification of the business flow diagram accompanying the business hierarchy (hereinafter, referred to as “target hierarchy”) selected in the same manner as the selection described above is changed.
1. A flow display button 702 for displaying the business flow display screen 80 shown in FIG. 7, a business hierarchy name change button 703 for changing the name of the target hierarchy, a business hierarchy move button 704 for moving the target hierarchy, and a child hierarchy of the target hierarchy. A new creation button 705 for creating a new business hierarchy, a business hierarchy delete button 706 for deleting the target hierarchy, and an end button 707 for ending the present system are provided.

The operator selects a desired button (step ST13) on the business hierarchy display screen 70 on which such various buttons are displayed to change the target hierarchy or a business flow diagram associated with the target hierarchy. Make changes.

In step ST13, the business hierarchy name change button 7
When 03 is pressed, the control device 11 causes the business flow creation processing function 11a to display a business hierarchy name input screen (not shown) (which may be displayed on the business hierarchy display screen 70). Therefore, when the operator inputs a new business hierarchy name in the input unit on the input screen, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 uses the business hierarchy ID of the business hierarchy to be changed as a key to the second table storage device. The business hierarchy name of business workflow hierarchy table 15A of No. 15 is changed. After the business hierarchy name change processing (step ST14) is performed in this way, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 displays the business hierarchy display screen 70 in which the business hierarchy name of the target hierarchy is updated. .

Next, in step ST13, after pressing the business hierarchy move button 704, the operator designates a new position in the business flow hierarchy display area 701 from the input device 13. Thereafter, the control device 11 updates the parent layer ID of the record relating to the business layer ID of the target layer in the business flow layer table 15A by the business flow creation processing function 11a. As a result, when the target hierarchy is changed, the hierarchy is moved also to the child hierarchy of this target hierarchy.
In this way, the business hierarchy transfer process (step ST1)
After 5) is performed, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 displays the business hierarchy display screen 70 in which the position of the target hierarchy is updated.

Next, in step ST13, a new creation button 7
When 05 is pressed, the control device 11 creates a new business hierarchy as a child hierarchy under the target hierarchy by the business flow creation processing function 11a. Specifically, the control device 11
The business flow creation processing function 11a of (1) inserts the record of the new business hierarchy having the business hierarchy ID of the target hierarchy as the parent hierarchy ID into the business flow hierarchy table 15A. After the new business hierarchy creation processing (step ST16) is performed in this way, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 is executed.
Displays the business hierarchy display screen 70 in which the new business hierarchy is inserted. Here, when inputting the name of the new business hierarchy, the above-mentioned business hierarchy name change processing may be performed.

Next, when the business hierarchy deletion button 706 is pressed in step ST13, the control device 11 deletes the target hierarchy and all child hierarchies belonging thereto by the business flow creation processing function 11a. Specifically, the control device 11
The business flow creation processing function 11a of the
The record having D is deleted from the business flow hierarchy table 15A, and further the record having the hierarchy ID of the target hierarchy as the parent hierarchy ID (the child hierarchy of the target hierarchy) is deleted.
In such a case, each deleted hierarchy is regarded as a target hierarchy and is deleted recursively. After the deletion processing of the target hierarchy (step ST17) is performed in this way, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 displays the business hierarchy display screen 70 excluding the business hierarchy related to the target hierarchy to be deleted. indicate.

Next, when the flow display button 702 is pressed in step ST13, the control device 11 causes the work flow creation processing function 11a to display / change the specification of the work flow diagram associated with the target layer. The business flow diagram display screen 80 shown in is displayed (step ST18). Here, on the business flow diagram display screen 80, the business flow diagram associated with the target layer is displayed in the business flow diagram display area 801 shown in FIG. Further, on the business flow diagram display screen 80, a business process addition button 802 for adding a new business process to each business process constituting the business flow diagram,
The name of the process (hereinafter referred to as "target process") that the operator has selected (this selection is performed in the same way as when selecting the business hierarchy described above) from among the respective business processes that make up the business flow diagram is changed. Name change button 803 and a business process delete button 804 for deleting the target process from the business flow diagram
And a "close" button 80 for returning to the business hierarchy display screen 70
And 5 are provided.

The operator selects a desired button (step ST19) on the work flow diagram display screen 80 on which such various buttons are displayed to change the work flow diagram associated with the target hierarchy.

In step ST19, the business process addition button 80
When 2 is pressed, the control device 11 uses the business flow creation processing function 11a to create an appropriate business process with a name according to the user's input. Specifically, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 creates a new record having the business flow diagram ID of the business flow diagram and the input business process name in the business flow diagram table of the second table storage device 15. Add to 15B. After the additional process (step ST20) of the business process is performed in this manner, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 displays the business flow diagram display screen 80 to which the new business process is added.

Next, in step ST19, the name change button 8
When 03 is pressed, the control device 11 causes the business flow creation processing function 11a to display a business process name input screen (not shown) (which may be displayed on the business flow diagram display screen 80). Therefore, when the operator inputs a new business process name in the input unit on the input screen, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 causes the business process ID of the business process to be changed and its business flow diagram ID.
Change the business process name of the record in the business flow diagram table 15B having "." After the business process name change process (step ST21) is performed in this way, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 displays the business flow diagram display screen 80 in which the business process name of the target process is updated. To do.

Next, when the work process deletion button 804 is pressed in step ST19, the control device 11 deletes the target process from the work flow diagram by the work flow creation processing function 11a. Specifically, the business flow creation processing function 11a of the control device 11 deletes the record having the business process ID of the target process and the business flow diagram ID from the business flow diagram table 15B. After the deletion process (step ST22) of the target process is performed in this way, the control device 11
The business flow creation processing function 11a of the business flow diagram display screen 8 excludes the business processing related to the target processing to be deleted.
Display 0.

Next, when the "close" button 805 is pressed in step ST19, the control device 11 causes the business flow creation processing function 11a to display the business hierarchy display screen 70.

As described above, by using this system,
By inputting the business conditions of the customer, the control device 11
It is possible to automatically generate a business flow related to the business of the customer by the business flow creation processing function 11a. That is, a general work flow template is created for each work condition, and the work flow necessary for the customer's information system is selected from the template by inputting the work condition, and a starting point for organizing the customer requirements. It is possible to automatically generate a prototype business flow that satisfies This makes it possible to improve the reuse of individual business flows and the uniformity of the quality of the business flows.

[0048]

According to the present invention, by inputting a business condition of a customer, it is possible to automatically generate a business flow related to the business of the customer. Further, in the generation of such a business flow, each business flow can be reused, and its quality can be made uniform. Therefore, it is possible to improve the work efficiency in the initial process of the project such as organizing customer requirements.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a business flow creation support method system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a business flow hierarchy table used in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a business flow diagram table used in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a business condition management table used in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a business condition table used in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a link relationship between the tables shown in FIGS. 2 to 6;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a concept in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a business condition input screen in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a business hierarchy display screen in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a business flow display screen in the business flow creation support method system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a specification change process in the business flow creation support method system of this embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a business hierarchy display screen displayed during the specification change process illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a business flow display screen displayed during the specification change process illustrated in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Business flow creation support system 11 Control device 11a Business flow creation processing function 12 First table storage device 12A Business flow hierarchy table 12B Business flow chart table 12C Business condition management table 12D business condition table 13 Input device 14 Display 15 Second table storage device 15A Business flow hierarchy table 15B Business flow chart table 30 Business flow creation support system menu screen 40 Business condition input screen 50 Business hierarchy display screen 60 Workflow display screen 70 Business hierarchy display screen 80 Business Flow Diagram Display Screen

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A control device having a business flow creation processing function that acquires a business condition acquires a business hierarchy corresponding to the acquired business condition from a business condition management table that represents a correspondence relationship between the business condition and the business hierarchy. Then, the ID for identifying the business flow diagram corresponding to the acquired business hierarchy is acquired from the business flow hierarchy table showing the correspondence between the business hierarchy and the business flow diagram ID, and specified by the acquired business flow chart ID. A business flow creation support method characterized in that the business flow diagram is collected from various business flow charts that are provided in advance, and a business flow of the business flow diagram corresponding to the acquired business conditions is created. 2. The control device is provided with a step of acquiring information of a parent layer related to the acquired business hierarchy, and acquiring information of a parent layer related to the acquired parent hierarchy. Described business flow creation support method. 3. A business flow hierarchy table showing a correspondence relationship between a business hierarchy and an ID for identifying a business flow diagram corresponding to the business hierarchy, and a business condition management table showing a correspondence relationship between a business condition and the business hierarchy. A control device that creates a business flow to be created, and when a business condition is acquired by the control device, a business hierarchy corresponding to the acquired business condition is acquired from the business condition management table, and the acquired business The business flow diagram ID corresponding to the hierarchy is acquired from the business flow hierarchy table, and the business flow diagram specified by the acquired business flow diagram ID is collected from various business flow diagrams that are provided in advance, and Business flow creation support system characterized by having a business flow creation processing function that creates a business flow of a business flow diagram that corresponds to the acquired business conditions 4. The business flow creation support system according to claim 3, wherein the business flow hierarchy table is provided with information on a parent layer related to the business hierarchy.