JP2010049565A - Apparatus, method and program for managing business flow - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract the contextual relation among a plurality of business flows. <P>SOLUTION: First business identification information for identifying a business activity and second business identification information for identifying another business activity, subsequent to the first business identification information are associated with first business flow information, for each of a plurality of business activities. An apparatus for managing business flow detects a piece of first business identification information that is not associated with the second business identification information among pieces of first business identification information included in the first business flow information. The apparatus also searches for a piece of second business identification information associated with the piece of first business identification information detected and has them associated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a business flow management apparatus that supports management of a business flow indicating a connection between a plurality of business operations.

Traditionally, activities and business processes in organizations such as companies are analyzed as business flows, so that work flows are optimized, standardized to reduce costs, and used for business evaluation and management strategies. Yes.
Such a business flow is represented as business flow information indicating a plurality of business activities and their connection, and is stored and analyzed in a computer system. Such business flow information indicates, for example, a connection between a certain business activity and the department in charge thereof and other business activities that follow the business activity. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a business process represented as a business flow. For example, in a workflow for creating a specification in a certain development work, the development staff creates a specification and sends it to the management staff (step S200). The manager in charge receives the specification (step S201). When the development staff sends the specification to the management staff and records in the management book that the specification has been sent (step S202), the workflow for creating the specifications ends. Such a business flow is generally indicated by a document related to an internal control description such as a business description, a business flow, and a risk control matrix.

In Patent Document 1, when creating business flow information indicating such a business flow, the content of the created business flow information is displayed on a screen, and approval of a user who is familiar with the business flow is requested. Thus, a technique for finding a semantic error in the created business flow data is proposed.
In Patent Document 2, a business process model that is a high-level concept of a business flow and an activity in each business is registered, and “higher / lower” relationships and rules are defined for each business process model. A technique for verifying inconsistency and consistency of a business flow based on whether or not it corresponds to such a business process model has been proposed.
JP 2003-256633 A JP 2006-285313 A

  However, with the conventional technology, when creating individual business flows, semantic errors and consistency within the business flow were verified, but the created business flow and other business flows The relationship with is not considered. For example, in the example of FIG. 13 described above, since the business flow is generated by paying attention to the business activity of the person in charge of development, the business flow after the management person receives the specification in step S201 is not shown. Thus, for example, a creator of a certain business flow may not know the business flow of another department, or only a necessary business flow may be created before determining a subsequent business flow. On the other hand, when it is necessary to associate a plurality of business flows as a successor to a certain business flow, it may be considered that there is a leakage in the association with any one of the subsequent business flows. In this way, the relevance and consistency between multiple business flows may not be verified, especially when the subsequent business flow of a certain business flow is unknown as described above, However, there were cases in which it was insufficient to provide an overview of multiple business activities.

  In this way, the fact that there is an uncompleted business flow whose subsequent business is unknown is none other than that there is a business that is actually performed but not described in the business flow. In recent years, in internal control audits of companies and the like, a business flow describing the business of companies and the like has been submitted to an auditor as a business rule indicating the actual state of the business to be audited. The auditor examines the actual business situation and determines whether the submitted business rules and the actual business situation are different. Here, when there is a business that is actually performed but not described in the business flow, the auditor received an indication from the auditor that the business is not included in the business rules and that the business conditions and business rules are different. There may be situations where a judgment is made that controls are not in place. Therefore, in the analysis of the business flow, there is a strong demand for ensuring that the business flow is completely completed when the business flow according to the actual business situation is correctly viewed and confirmed.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and provides a business flow management apparatus capable of extracting the context of a plurality of business flows.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention is a business flow management apparatus that supports management of a business flow indicating a connection between a plurality of business activities, and is a first business that identifies a business activity for each business activity. A business flow information storage unit that stores first business flow information in which identification information is associated with second business identification information that identifies other business activities that follow the first business identification information; Other business drive activity determination that determines whether or not there is first business identification information that is not associated with the second business identification information among the first business identification information included in the first business flow information And a section.

  In the present invention, a plurality of business flow information including the first business flow information and a plurality of second business flow information is stored in the above-described business flow information storage unit. On the basis of the fitness information stored in the fitness memory, fitness level information indicating the degree of compatibility between the flow information and the second business flow information is stored. The candidate business flow information extraction unit that extracts the second business flow information having a high degree of conformity to the first business flow information from among the two business flow information, and the second business operation extracted by the candidate business flow information extraction unit Subsequent activity addition for storing the first business identification information included in the flow information in the first business flow information as second business identification information corresponding to the first business identification information included in the first business flow information And comprising And wherein the door.

  In the present invention, when the candidate workflow information extraction unit extracts a plurality of second workflow information that matches the first workflow information, the extracted second workflow information is A candidate display control unit that generates screen information arranged in descending order of the fitness information, a display unit that displays the screen information generated in the candidate display control unit, and any one of a plurality of second business flow information An input unit that receives input of information for selecting the second business flow information, and the subsequent activity adding unit includes the first business flow information included in the second business flow information corresponding to the selection information input to the input unit The business identification information is stored in the first business flow information as second business identification information corresponding to the first business identification information included in the first business flow information.

  In addition, the present invention supports management of a business flow indicating a connection between a plurality of business activities, and for each business activity, the first business identification information for identifying the business activity and the successor to the first business identification information. A business flow management apparatus including a business flow information storage unit that stores first business flow information associated with second business identification information for identifying other business activities is included in the first business flow information A step of determining whether or not there is first business identification information that is not associated with the second business identification information among the first business identification information. is there.

  In addition, the present invention supports management of a business flow indicating a connection between a plurality of business activities, and for each business activity, the first business identification information for identifying the business activity and the successor to the first business identification information. The first business flow information is stored in the computer of the business flow management apparatus having the business flow information storage unit storing the first business flow information associated with the second business identification information for identifying other business activities. Is a business flow management program that executes a step of determining whether or not there is first business identification information that is not associated with second business identification information among the first business identification information included in.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the first business flow information includes, for each of a plurality of business activities, the first business identification information for identifying the business activities, the successor of the first business identification information, Is stored in association with second business identification information for identifying other business activities, and the second business identification information is associated with the first business identification information included in the first business flow information. Since it is determined whether or not the first business identification information that has not been assigned exists, it is possible to determine whether the business flow includes a business activity that is not associated with the subsequent business flow. It becomes.

  According to the present invention, the business flow information storage unit stores a plurality of business flow information including the first business flow information and the plurality of second business flow information, and the first business flow information and The second business having a high degree of conformity to the first business flow information among the plurality of second business flow information based on the degree of conformity information indicating the degree of conformity with the second business flow information. The flow information is extracted, and the first business identification information included in the extracted second business flow information is used as second business identification information corresponding to the first business identification information included in the first business flow information. Since the first business flow information is stored, it is possible to associate a subsequent business flow that matches a business flow that is not associated with the subsequent business flow.

  Further, according to the present invention, when a plurality of second business flow information that conforms to the first business flow information is extracted, the plurality of second business flow information extracted are sorted in descending order of the fitness information. The arranged screen information is generated, input of information for selecting any second business flow information from among the plurality of second business flow information is received, and the second business flow information included in the selected second business flow information is received. Since one business identification information is stored in the first business flow information as second business identification information corresponding to the first business identification information included in the first business flow information, the subsequent business flow Even when a plurality of candidates are extracted, it is possible to associate business flows based on input selection information.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a business flow management system 1 according to the present embodiment. The business flow management system 1 includes a business flow management device 100 and a business flow management folder 150 connected to the business flow management device 100 via a network 200.

  The business flow management folder 150 is a storage device provided in a computer device connected to the network 200, and stores business flow information created in response to an input from a user. The business flow management folder 150 stores business flow information corresponding to a certain business flow in units of files. Here, the file is a unit of information stored in the computer device, and a plurality of files are stored in association with the business flow management folder 150. The file is given a name such as “f1” and “f2” that can uniquely identify the file in the workflow management folder 150. In addition to the business flow information indicating the business flow, the file includes file attribute information such as the file creation date / time, the update date / time, and the file creator. The business flow management folder 150 stores a plurality of files each including different business flow information. 2 to 7 are diagrams illustrating examples of business flow information stored in the business flow management folder 150. FIG.

  For example, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a concept of a workflow of “specification creation” stored in a file whose file name is “f1”. The file may include information indicating a file name such as “create specification”. The file “f1” is created by the user “x”, and “x” is associated with the file attribute information of the file “f1”. In the business flow indicated by the file name “f1”, the development staff creates a specification and sends it to the management staff (step S200). The manager in charge receives the specification (step S201). After the development staff sends the specifications to the management staff and records in the management book that the specifications have been sent (step S202), the workflow for creating the specifications ends (step S203).

  Here, each step in the business flow is referred to as “activity” in the present embodiment. An activity is an individual business activity that constitutes a business flow. An activity that has no preceding activity is called a start activity. In the example of FIG. 2, “send specification” in step S200 is the start activity. An activity that does not have the next activity and ends a series of operations is called an end activity. In the example of FIG. 2, “End” in step S203 is the end activity. An activity that is not an end activity but has no subsequent activity and is followed by a flow of another business is called another business-driven activity. In the example of FIG. 2, “Receive” in Step S <b> 201 is another business driving activity. Here, the subject of each activity included in each business flow is called an organization. In the example of FIG. 2, the organization of the development staff and the management staff is shown.

The file name “f1” includes business flow information including an organization table that includes information for identifying an organization that is the subject of an activity in the business flow, and an activity table in which the activity in the business flow is described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of data in the organization table stored in the file name “f1”. In the organization table, items of “organization ID” and “organization name” are stored. In this data example, the organization name “developer” is stored in association with the organization ID “1”, and “management” is stored in association with the organization ID “2”.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of data in the activity table stored in the file name “f1”. In the business table, “activity ID”, “next activity ID”, “organization ID”, “start flg”, and “activity name” are stored. “Activity ID” is information for identifying an activity included in a business flow. Here, the “activity ID” is a character string in which a unique number and a symbol are combined, for example, “(file name) _ (serial number)”, for example, “f1_1”, “f1_2”, etc. Information. The “next activity ID” is information for identifying an activity ID of an activity subsequent to the activity indicated by the activity ID. Thus, the relationship between the business activities is shown by associating the activity ID and the next activity ID. Here, when the next activity ID is “0”, it indicates that the activity is an end activity in the business flow. On the other hand, if the next activity ID is “null”, the activity is not an end activity, but the subsequent next activity ID does not exist in the file, indicating that the activity is another business-driven activity.

  “Organization ID” is information for identifying the organization that is the subject of the activity indicated by the activity ID, and corresponds to the organization ID stored in the organization table described above. “Start flg” is information indicating whether or not the activity is a start activity. For example, “1” indicates a start activity, and “0” indicates that the activity is not a start activity. The “activity name” is a character string indicating the content of the activity indicated by the “activity ID”. For example, in the first row of the activity table shown in FIG. 4, the “activity ID” is “f1_1”, the next activity ID is “f1_2”, the organization ID is “1”, and the “start flg” is “ 1 ”and“ Activity name ”is“ Send specification ”.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a concept of a workflow of “specification management” stored in a file whose file name is “f2”. Here, the file “f2” is created by the user “y”, and “y” is associated with the file attribute information of the file “f2”. In the business flow indicated by the file name “f2”, the business manager starts from the activity of receiving the specification by the manager. Here, the subsequent activities are omitted. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data example of the organization table stored in the file name “f2”. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of data in the activity table stored in the file name “f2”. In addition, the business flow management folder 150 includes information in which the file names of all the files included in the business flow management folder 150 and the update time for each file are associated in addition to the file including the business flow information. The update management table included is stored. The update management table is read when the workflow update detection unit 101 described later determines whether or not a file stored in the workflow management folder 150 has been updated.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the business flow management apparatus 100 is an information terminal used by a user, and can read and write information stored in the business flow management folder 150 via the network 200. Specifically, the business flow management apparatus 100 includes an input unit, a display unit, a control unit, a calculation unit, and a storage unit (partially not shown) such as a PC (Personal Computer) and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). Applicable computer equipment is applicable. The business flow management apparatus 100 includes a business flow update detection unit 101, another business drive activity search unit 102, a response start activity candidate search unit 103, a response start activity candidate display unit 104, a response start activity candidate search reference DB 105, , A response start activity candidate search reference registration unit 106, a subsequent activity addition unit 107, and a response workflow creation unit 108.

  The business flow update detection unit 101 monitors the business flow management folder 150 via the network 200 and detects a change. For example, the business flow update detection unit 101 stores a file containing new business flow information in the business flow management folder 150 and changes and updates the contents of the file stored in the business flow management folder 150. Is detected and stored. Here, when detecting the file update stored in the business flow management folder 150, the business flow update detection unit 101 stores the file name and the file update time, for example, stored in the business flow management folder 150. The update management table is referenced to detect file updates. For example, the business flow update detection unit 101 compares the update time of the file stored in the business flow management folder 150 at regular intervals with the update time of the file included in the update management table, and determines the difference in the update time. Detect a file as an updated file. When the business flow update detection unit 101 detects that the business flow information stored in the business flow management folder 150 has been changed, the business flow update detection unit 101 reads the newly added or updated file from the business flow management folder 150.

  The other business driving activity search unit 102 detects the other business driving activity existing in the file read by the business flow update detection unit 101. For example, in this embodiment, the other business drive activity search unit 102 determines whether or not there is information whose “next activity ID” item in the activity table included in the file is “null”. Here, the other business driving activity search unit 102 determines that the other business driving activity exists if there is information whose “next activity ID” item is “null”, and if there is no information, the other business driving activity exists. Judge that not.

  The response start activity candidate search unit 103, when it is determined that the other task drive activity search unit 102 has another task drive activity in the search target file, the response start activity candidate stored in the response start activity candidate search reference DB 105 Based on the search criteria information, another file including a start activity that is a candidate for a subsequent activity corresponding to another business driving activity is detected from the files stored in the business flow management folder 150. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data example of response start activity candidate search reference information stored in the response start activity candidate search reference DB 105. Correspondence start activity candidate search criteria information includes a “condition” that is a criterion for determining whether or not a start activity corresponding to another business-driven activity is included, and “individual suitability” that is information indicating the conformance of the condition. And are included.

  The condition indicates, for example, a case where the organization (search source execution organization name) that is the subject of the other business driving activity matches the organization (search destination execution organization name) that is the subject of the start activity included in the other file. The condition is included, and “8” is associated with the individual fitness and stored. In addition, for example, a condition indicating that the activity name (search source activity name) of another business-driven activity matches the activity name (search destination activity name) included in another file is included. "Is stored in association with each other. In addition, for example, a business flow name (search source business flow name) including other business driving activities and a business flow name (search destination business flow name) of another file match at least a predetermined number of characters (for example, 5 characters). The condition indicating the case to be included is included, and “2” is stored in association with the individual fitness. In addition, for example, a condition indicating a case where the name of the creator of the file including the other business-driven activity (search source workflow creator name) matches the creator name of the other file (search destination workflow creator name) And “1” is stored in association with the individual fitness. In addition, the data example of the correspondence start activity candidate search reference information shown here is an example, and the data content of the condition and the individual fitness is configured to be arbitrarily changed according to the operation information input from the user. good. For example, the condition may be determined according to identification information (ID) or the like that is uniquely determined for each organization or creator. good. The condition may be determined according to the file creation time. In addition, according to the type of business flow, information indicating a classification such as “purchasing business” and “sales business” is associated with each condition and stored in the file or the update management table in association with the classification. The type of information may be applied as a condition. The information indicating such conditions can be made to cause the response start activity candidate search criteria registration unit 106 to store response start activity candidate search criteria information input from the user in the response start activity candidate search criteria DB 105.

  The response start activity candidate display unit 104 refers to the response start activity candidate search reference information corresponding to a plurality of files that are candidates for subsequent activities detected by the response start activity candidate search unit 103, and has a high possibility of the candidate. The total value of the goodness of fit indicating the above is calculated as an index. Further, the response start activity candidate display unit 104 displays the activity names of the candidate files on the display unit included in the business flow management apparatus 100 in descending order of the calculated index. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a subsequent workflow selection screen that the response start activity candidate display unit 104 displays on the display unit.

  In (a) of the subsequent workflow selection screen, for example, select the task corresponding to “Create Specification (f1)” according to the workflow name and file name that include other business-driven activities. ” A character string such as is displayed. Also, in (b) of the subsequent workflow selection screen, the candidate files detected by the response start activity candidate search unit 103 are listed in descending order of the total fitness values calculated by the response start activity candidate display unit 104. Displayed. For example, according to the examples of FIGS. 2 to 8, the organization that is the subject of the other activity-driven activity of the file name “f1” and the organization that is the subject of the start activity of the file name “f2” are both “administrators”. The fitness “8” is recorded. In addition, the activity name of the business drive activity other than the file name “f1” and the start activity name of the file name “f2” are both “received”, and the fitness “4” is recorded. Therefore, “12”, which is the sum of “8” and “4”, is calculated as the total fitness value of the business flow with the file name “f1” and the business flow with the file name “f2”.

  On the subsequent workflow selection screen, as shown in (c) and (d), a selection button associated with each candidate file is displayed. In addition, in the subsequent workflow selection screen (e), a “Create new workflow” button is displayed that indicates that a new workflow is created without selecting any of the candidate files listed. Further, in (f) of the subsequent workflow selection screen, an “end without selection” button indicating that no candidate file listed is selected, and that the process is terminated without creating a new workflow. Is displayed.

The corresponding workflow creation unit 108 accepts input of workflow information from the user when “Create new workflow” is pressed on the subsequent workflow selection screen displayed by the response start activity candidate display unit 104. A file including the input business flow information is generated and stored in the business flow management folder 150.
The subsequent activity adding unit 107 displays the other when the “Select” button corresponding to one of the candidate files included in the subsequent workflow selection screen displayed by the corresponding start activity candidate display unit 104 is pressed. The activity start ID of the file corresponding to the pressed selection button is added to the next activity ID of the other task driven activity detected by the task driven activity search unit 102 and stored in the workflow management folder 150. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 10A, the next activity ID corresponding to the activity ID “f1_2” included in the file name “f1” is “null”, and the other task driving activity search unit 102 performs another task. It is determined that the driving activity is included, and the file name “f2” is selected on the subsequent workflow selection screen displayed by the response start activity candidate display unit 104. In this case, as shown in (b-2) of FIG. 10, information indicating “f1_5” is added to the next activity ID of the other business driving activity included in the activity table, and the activity ID is “f1_5”. Information is added. The activity information of “f1_5” added by the corresponding workflow creation unit 108 has the next activity ID “f2_1” and stores the start activity of the file name “f2”. In this way, as shown in (b-1), the business flow f2 is added as a subsequent business flow to the business flow with the file name “f1”.

Further, the subsequent activity adding unit 107 presses the “Create new business flow” button on the subsequent business flow selection screen displayed by the corresponding start activity candidate display unit 104, and the corresponding business flow creation unit 108 displays the new business flow information. When the included file is created and stored in the workflow management folder 150, the start activity included in the file is stored in the next activity ID of the other task-driven activity detected by the other task-driven activity search unit 102. For example, when a new file “f2” is generated by the corresponding workflow creation unit 108, an activity with “f2_1” as the next activity ID in the file name “f1” as shown in FIG. “F1 — 5” is added, and information is stored so that the newly created file “f2” shown in FIG.
The response start activity candidate search criteria registration unit 106 receives input of response start activity candidate search criteria information stored in the response start activity candidate search criteria DB 105 and stores it in the response start activity candidate search criteria DB 105.

Next, an operation example in which the business flow management system 1 according to the present embodiment manages a business flow will be described.
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the operation example of the business flow management system 1 in detail.
A file including business flow information is stored in the business flow management folder 150 by the computer device provided with the business flow management folder 150 (step S100). When the business flow update detection unit 101 detects that a new file has been stored in the business flow management folder 150 (step S101), the other business drive activity search unit 102 detects other business drive activity included in the arranged file. Is detected (step S110). If the other business driving activity search unit 102 determines that the other business driving activity is not included in the file (step S111—NO), the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the other business driving activity search unit 102 determines in step S111 that the other business driving activity is included in the file (step S111-YES), the business flow management apparatus 100 detects all the other business detected. For the driving activity, processing from step S120 to step S150 of the transition is performed. The response start activity candidate search unit 103 detects a candidate file of a subsequent activity corresponding to the file including the other business drive activity from the business flow management folder 150 (step S120). When the response start activity candidate search unit 103 detects a candidate file (step S121—YES), the response start activity candidate display unit 104 selects the candidate file detected by the response start activity candidate search unit 103 as the total fitness value. The subsequent workflow selection screen arranged in descending order is displayed on the display unit (step S130).

  When any candidate file is selected by the user from the subsequent workflow selection screen displayed on the display unit by the response start activity candidate display unit 104 (step S131—YES), the subsequent activity adding unit 107 selects the subsequent task. The activity ID of the start activity included in the file selected on the flow selection screen is stored as the next activity ID of the other task driving activity in the file including the other task driving activity (step S140). On the other hand, when any candidate file is not selected by the user from the subsequent workflow selection screen displayed on the display unit by the response start activity candidate display unit 104 in step S131 (step S131-NO), the workflow The management apparatus 100 allows the user to select whether or not to create business flow information subsequent to other business driving activities (step S133). For example, when the “Create new workflow” button included in the screen displayed on the subsequent workflow selection screen is pressed (step S134—YES), the corresponding workflow creation unit 108 creates a new workflow according to the input from the user. Flow information is generated (step S135), and the process proceeds to step S140. At the stage where the processing of step S140 is completed, the workflow update detection unit 101 updates the update detection time stored in the workflow management folder 150 with the update time of the file whose update was detected in step S101 and the file related to the updated other job. The table is stored as the update time of the corresponding file. On the other hand, when the “end without selection” button included in the screen displayed on the subsequent business flow selection screen is pressed in step S134 (step S134—NO), the subsequent activity corresponding to the other business driving activity is added. Not performed. The business flow management apparatus 100 ends the processing when the processing from step S120 to step S150 described above is performed for all other business driving activities detected by the other business driving activity search unit 102.

  In the present embodiment, the business flow management folder 150 is stored in a computer device connected via the business flow management apparatus 100. However, the business flow management apparatus 100 includes the business flow management folder 150. Anyway.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to determine whether or not a business activity that is not associated with a subsequent business flow is included in the business flow, and to extract the relevance of a plurality of business flows. It becomes possible.
Further, according to the present embodiment, the business activities of a plurality of business flows are described consistently and comprehensively by detecting whether a certain business flow needs to be related to other business flows. It can be verified whether or not.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when a certain business flow needs to be related to another business flow, the candidate business flow is displayed on the screen and presented to the user, and the fitness level is also adjusted. Accordingly, the items are displayed in descending order from the most likely to be applicable. As a result, it is possible for the person who enters the business flow to save the trouble of searching for the business flow corresponding to the input business flow, and to reduce the work time for creating the business flow.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, the user can set conditions for detecting other business flows corresponding to a certain business flow, so that detailed operation in accordance with the circumstances of the user is possible.
Further, according to the present embodiment, when there is no other appropriate business flow corresponding to a certain business flow, the business flow can be generated. Accordingly, it is considered that the user can save the trouble of inputting a new business flow and can reduce input omissions.

  In addition, the program for realizing the function of the processing unit in the present invention is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into the computer system and executed to manage the business flow. May be performed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer system” includes a WWW system having a homepage providing environment (or display environment). The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those holding programs for a certain period of time are also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the business flow management system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the business flow by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the organization table by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the activity table by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the business flow by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the organization table by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data of the activity table by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the data memorize | stored in response start activity candidate search reference | standard DB105 by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the subsequent workflow selection screen displayed on a display part by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example by which next activity ID is added by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example by which next activity ID is added by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation example of the business flow management system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the business flow by a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Business flow management system 100 Business flow management apparatus 101 Business flow update detection part 102 Other business drive activity search part 103 Correspondence start activity candidate search part 104 Correspondence start activity candidate display part 105 Correspondence start activity candidate search reference | standard DB
106 Correspondence start activity candidate search criteria registration unit 107 Subsequent activity addition unit 108 Corresponding business flow creation unit 150 Business flow management folder 200 Network

Claims (5)

A business flow management device that supports management of a business flow indicating a connection between a plurality of business activities,
For each business activity, first business identification information for identifying the business activity is associated with second business identification information for identifying another business activity that follows the first business identification information. A business flow information storage unit for storing first business flow information;
In addition to determining whether or not the first business identification information that is not associated with the second business identification information exists among the first business identification information included in the first business flow information A business-driven activity determination unit;
A business flow management apparatus comprising: The business flow information storage unit stores a plurality of the business flow information including the first business flow information and a plurality of second business flow information.
A fitness level storage unit storing fitness level information indicating the degree of matching between the first business flow information and the second business flow information;
Based on the fitness level information stored in the fitness level storage unit, the second workflow level information having a high degree of matching with the first workflow level information among the plurality of second workflow level information. A candidate workflow information extraction unit to be extracted;
The first business identification information included in the second business flow information extracted by the candidate business flow information extraction unit is the second corresponding to the first business identification information included in the first business flow information. A subsequent activity adding unit to be stored in the first business flow information as business identification information of
The business flow management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: When the candidate workflow information extraction unit extracts a plurality of the second workflow information that matches the first workflow information, the extracted second workflow information is stored in the fitness information A candidate display control unit that generates screen information arranged in descending order;
A display unit for displaying the screen information generated in the candidate display control unit;
An input unit that receives an input of information for selecting any one of the second business flow information among the plurality of second business flow information;
The subsequent activity adding unit includes the first business identification information included in the second business flow information corresponding to the selection information input to the input unit, and the first business flow information includes the first business identification information. The business flow management device according to claim 2, wherein the first business flow information is stored as second business identification information corresponding to one business identification information. Supports management of a business flow indicating a connection between a plurality of business activities, and for each business activity, first business identification information for identifying the business activity and other business subsequent to the first business identification information A business flow management apparatus comprising a business flow information storage unit that stores first business flow information associated with second business identification information for identifying an activity,
A step of determining whether or not the first business identification information that is not associated with the second business identification information among the first business identification information included in the first business flow information exists. A business flow management method characterized by comprising: Supports management of a business flow indicating a connection between a plurality of business activities, and for each business activity, first business identification information for identifying the business activity and other business subsequent to the first business identification information In a computer of a business flow management apparatus comprising a business flow information storage unit for storing first business flow information associated with second business identification information for identifying an activity,
A step of determining whether or not the first business identification information that is not associated with the second business identification information among the first business identification information included in the first business flow information exists. Business flow management program that executes

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