JP2011022734A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce man-hours in a process management work concerning an organizational activity to be hierarchically process-managed. <P>SOLUTION: An information processor is equipped with: a management object storage part for storing information of management object items concerning processes to be managed and a plurality of low-order processes included in the processes; a confirmation scheduled date designating part for storing the confirmation scheduled deadline dates of the management object items concerning the processes; a calculation designating part for storing calculation procedures where the management object items of the respective low-order processes are reflected on the management object items of high-order processes including the low-order processes; and a management processing part for calculating information of the management object items of the low-order processes in response to the calculation procedures stored in the calculation designating part on the confirmation scheduled deadline dates of the processes, and storing the information in the management object storage part as information of the management object items of the processes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to information processing technology related to process management.

  In various organizations such as companies, schools, research institutions, and government offices, process management is performed to manage whether various activities are proceeding as planned. In process management, a management tool on the information processing apparatus is usually used.

  FIG. 1 illustrates a process management tool. For example, a corporate project includes a plurality of processes that proceed in parallel. Then, the person in charge reports the progress of each process to the manager using a project management tool, spreadsheet program, word processor, e-mail, etc. for each process. In many cases, the manager totals the reported progress and reports it to the manager of the upper process. When the manager summarizes the reported progress and reports it to the manager of the higher-level process, the manager manually performs the tabulation of the reported information and the summary of the report.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a design process when developing a new product. In the example of FIG. 2, the new product development project includes a basic design of the system V01, a functional design, a manual design, and a development process of each module. In FIG. 2, the development process of module ABC is further illustrated as a module. The development process of the module ABC includes each process such as function design, configuration design, coding, and module interface test. Further, the function design process of module ABC includes creation of a function design review plan and creation of a function specification. Similarly, the configuration design process of module ABC includes creation of a configuration design review plan, creation of a design specification, audit of security activities, approval of completion of the configuration design process, and the like. The coding and module interface test processes also include respective sub-processes.

JP 2006-72413 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-249683

  In the above conventional technology, when the manager of one process checks the process to be managed one by one and summarizes the progress of each process, the number of different processes x the amount of confirmation work for each process = total summary A summary work corresponding to the work amount occurs. The manager of each process regularly performs, for example, weekly summarization work, and the trouble in process management work becomes a problem. In a large-scale project, there are an extremely large number of processes, and the number of work steps for summarizing the progress of each process is increasing. The conventional procedure for summarizing the progress status is as follows: (1) Confirmation of the presence or absence of progress reports of each person in charge and report request work when there is no progress report (2) Progress for each item to be managed in the process of each person in charge Confirmation of whether or not there is a report on the contents (3) Reported progress, that is, the validity of the reported data (4) Preparation of report materials that summarize the reported data. In conventional process management, an administrator performs the operations exemplified in (1) to (4) in units of layers. Or, since the manager performs the work exemplified in (1) to (4) every time the progress report in each process is performed, the work exemplified in (1) to (4) It is a big burden.

  The purpose of the disclosed technique is to reduce the number of man-hours for process management work for organizational activities whose processes are managed hierarchically.

  One aspect of the disclosed technology is a management target storage unit that stores information on a management target item for a managed process and a plurality of sub-processes included in the controlled process, and a scheduled check date for the management target item for the managed process Confirmation date designation part for storing the date, calculation designation part for storing the calculation procedure for reflecting the management target item of each lower process in the management target item of the higher process including the lower process, and confirmation of the managed process A management processing unit that calculates information on the management target item of the lower process according to the calculation procedure stored in the calculation designation unit on the scheduled deadline date, and stores it in the management target storage unit as information on the management target item of the managed process; As an information processing apparatus.

  According to this information processing apparatus, it is possible to reduce the number of man-hours for process management work for organizational activities that are hierarchically managed.

It is a figure which illustrates a process management tool. It is a figure which illustrates the design process at the time of new product development. It is a figure which illustrates the relationship between the several process which information processing apparatus manages, and the progress information of a process. It is a figure which illustrates the block diagram of the function of information processing apparatus. It is a figure which illustrates the data flow in information processing apparatus. It is a figure which illustrates the composition of a tree information record. It is a figure which illustrates the data designated by the check scheduled date designation | designated part. It is a figure which illustrates the structure of a progress rule table. It is a figure which illustrates the name and calculation method of a calculation. 10 is a process example (part 1) of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. 9 is a process example (part 2) of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. 9 is a process example (part 3) of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the information system of Example 2. It is a figure which illustrates the hardware constitutions of information processing apparatus. It is a figure which illustrates the processing flow of the management process which the information system of Example 2 performs.

  Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The configuration of the following embodiment is an exemplification, and the information processing apparatus is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment.

  The information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. This information processing apparatus manages the process of various activities of the organization. In the process management, for example, progress information collection, confirmation, and summary work indicating the progress of the process is executed. FIG. 3 illustrates the relationship between a plurality of processes managed by the information processing apparatus and process progress information.

  Organizational activities often include multiple processes. Each process may further include a lower process. Therefore, in the process management, the report contents registered individually in the work of the lowest layer, that is, the process of the work unit that is not further divided than the work, are collected and reported to the manager of the upper process. There are many cases.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 3, the organization activity has two steps performed in parallel, BLK1 and BLK2. For example, the process BLK1 further includes lower processes P1 to P3. Then, the progress information 1 to the progress information 3 are reported in each of the lower processes P1 to P3. The manager of the process BLK1 tabulates the progress information 1 to 3 for each of the lower processes P1 to P3 and reports it to a higher process.

In order to report to a higher-level process, the manager of the process BLK1 executes, for example, the following work.
(1) Check the validity of each reporting date, and whether a report newer than the previous report is registered;
(2) Work volume and progress counting work;
(3) Check schedule delay status;
(4) Progress information reporting work based on the progress information 1 to 3 for the sub-processes P1 to P3, for example, internal communication by e-mail;
This information processing apparatus realizes automation of work exemplified in (1) to (4). FIG. 4 illustrates a functional configuration diagram of the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus holds the management target storage unit 2, the scheduled check date designating unit 3, and the calculation designating unit 4 in FIG. 4 on, for example, a database. The information processing apparatus executes a computer program as the management processing unit 1 in FIG.

  The management target storage unit 2 stores information on management target items for a managed process and a plurality of lower processes included in the managed process. The managed process is, for example, BLK1, BLK2, etc. in FIG. 3, and is a process performed in the activities of the organization. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, there may be a plurality of managed processes. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the managed process includes a plurality of sub-processes executed in parallel. Managed item information is an item of information that is updated or recorded in a managed process and a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process. For example, progress information, cumulative work amount, and deliverables of an organization's activities The amount of

  Hereinafter, a relationship between a managed process and a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process is referred to as a process configuration. Information stored in the management target storage unit 2 is called a tree information record. This is called a tree information record because the relationship between a managed process and a plurality of lower processes included in the managed process is described in a hierarchical tree structure.

  In the scheduled check date designating unit 3, the progress registration scheduled date (also referred to as scheduled check deadline date) of the management target item is set for the managed process. The calculation specifying unit 4 is set with a calculation procedure for reflecting the management target item of each lower process in the management target item of the higher process including the lower process. The scheduled confirmation date specifying unit 3 and the calculation specifying unit 4 are exemplified as a storage area on the storage device, for example. The storage destination of data processed by the information processing apparatus including the management target storage unit 2, the scheduled check date specifying unit 3, and the calculation specifying unit 4 is also referred to as a database.

The management processing unit 1 calculates the information of the management target item of the lower process according to the calculation procedure specified in the calculation specifying unit 4 on the scheduled progress registration date of the managed process specified in the scheduled check date specifying unit 3, Processing to be stored in the management target storage unit 2 as information on the management target item of the managed process is executed. More specifically, the management processing unit 1 executes, for example, (1) automatic progress information collection processing and (2) progress information input state check notification processing.
(1) Automatic collection of progress information;
The management processing unit 1 performs the following processing based on the tree information record and the management record of the lower process registered for each process.

First, the management processing unit 1 picks up a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process from the tree information record of the management target storage unit 2 in order to perform progress information registration processing and update processing in the managed process. To do. And the management process part 1 checks the progress content of each subprocess picked up. The progress of the lower process is stored in the management record of the management target storage unit 2. Then, the management processing unit 1 collects the progress contents and processes the data. Then, the management processing unit 1 reflects the processed data in the progress contents of the managed process including the lower process. That is, the management processing unit 1 processes the progress information collected from the lower process, registers the processed data in the upper managed process, or updates the progress information of the upper managed process. Here, the procedure for processing the progress information collected from the lower processes is specified in the calculation specifying unit 4.

  FIG. 5 illustrates a data flow in the information processing apparatus. In the activity of the organization exemplified in the first embodiment, each person in charge of the lower process inputs the progress information of the lower process through the screen for the person in charge. Progress information input by each person in charge is stored in the management target storage unit 2 of the database through the management processing unit 1. On the other hand, the management processing unit 1 sends the progress information in the sub-process included in the managed process to the management process in the management record of the management target storage unit 2 in accordance with the instructions of the manager through the administrator screen. Collect from. Then, the management processing unit 1 processes the collected progress information and reflects it in the progress information of the managed process, and displays a screen for the manager.

  FIG. 6 illustrates the configuration of a tree information record and a management record for each lower process. The management processing unit 1 individually manages the latest progress information input for each lower process as a record in FIG. In FIG. 6, the relationship between the managed process exemplified by BLK0 and the lower processes (PRC1 to PRC3) included in the managed process is shown on the left side of the drawing. A tree information record for the managed process BLK0 and the lower processes PRC1 to PCR3 is shown in the center of FIG. This tree information record includes a management record L0 for the managed process BLK0 and management records L1 to L3 for the lower processes PRC1 to PCR3.

  The management target storage unit 2 includes record definition information RD1 along with the tree information record. The record definition information RD1 defines the item names and item attributes of the management records L1 to L3 for the lower processes PRC1 to PCR3. In FIG. 6, for example, NAME, ITEM1, ITEM2, and ITEM3 are defined as item names of the management records L1 to L3. In addition, TEXT, TEXT, INT, and INT are defined as the attributes of the items of the management records L1 to L3, respectively. Here, TEXT indicates that the information set in the item is text. INT specifies that the information set in the item is an integer.

  Furthermore, the management target storage unit 2 holds a field of the update date (UPDATE DATE) of the management records L1 to L3. In the first embodiment, the latest update date is stored in the YY / MM / DD format in the update date field of the management records L1 to L3.

The calculation designating unit 4 holds the type of calculation to be executed according to the attribute of each item of the management records L1 to L3 for the lower process. The management processing unit 1 calculates the information input to each item of the management records L1 to L3 for the lower process according to the specification of the calculation specifying unit 4 and reflects it in the management record of the managed process. As the calculation, for example, a processing procedure for counting the items of the lower processes and reflecting them in the managed process is defined. For example, for the text attribute item, the “text combination” of each sub-process item is specified in the calculation specifying unit 4. For items to be evaluated numerically, for example, the total, minimum value, maximum value, average value, and the like are specified for each attribute in the operation specifying unit 4.
(2) Check notification of progress information input status;
The management processing unit 1 checks the past progress registration date with respect to the progress registration scheduled date for the management record of the managed process, and if the latest article is not included, notifies the target person and prompts the processing. The scheduled progress registration date is held in the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 in the form of designation of individual dates or repeated designation.

  FIG. 7 illustrates data specified by the scheduled confirmation date specifying unit 3. The scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 includes an ID of a managed process to register progress information, a scheduled registration date designation type, and designation of a scheduled registration date. Here, the ID of the managed process is information that identifies the managed process in which the progress information is managed. The scheduled registration date designation type defines a designation format for designating the scheduled registration date. The designation format includes a format for individually specifying the scheduled registration date, a repeat designation format, and the like.

  However, in FIG. 7, two designation examples (A) and (B) are shown. (A) of FIG. 7 is an example of designation in the case where individual registration scheduled dates are designated. When the scheduled registration date is individually designated, the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 holds “DAY” as the scheduled registration date designation type. Furthermore, when the scheduled registration date is individually designated, the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 holds each date as the scheduled registration date. The management processing unit 1 checks the input state of progress information on individually designated dates. In addition to the scheduled registration date, the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 may further hold information for designating a time for checking the input state of the progress information.

  FIG. 7B is an example in which the scheduled registration date is repeatedly specified. When the scheduled registration date is repeatedly designated, the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 holds “LOOP” as the registered schedule designation type. In addition, when repeatedly specified, the scheduled check date specifying unit 3 holds a start date (START) and a repeat interval (LOOPTIME) as the scheduled registration date. The management processing unit 1 calculates a scheduled registration date by adding a numerical value corresponding to a repetition interval to calendar data corresponding to the start date, and checks the input state of the progress information on the calculated date. In addition to the repeated designation, the scheduled confirmation date designation unit 3 may further hold information for designating a time for checking the input state of the progress information. Further, the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 may be configured to designate an interval with a resolution in units of hours instead of units in days. Moreover, you may enable it to designate on a weekly basis or a monthly basis like every weekday of the week and the first day of every month.

The management processing unit 1 determines whether or not progress information has been updated for the managed process specified by the ID of the managed process based on the designation by the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 according to the following procedure. Manage with. (A) For each managed process, the management processing unit 1 compares the scheduled registration date of the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 with the management record of the management target storage unit 2, that is, the registration date of the progress information. If the progress information has not been updated after the scheduled registration date even after the scheduled registration date of the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 has elapsed for the managed process, the management processing unit 1 performs the following (b ).
(B) The management processing unit 1 determines that the management record of the lower process included in the managed process determined that the progress information has not been updated in (a), that is, the registration date of the progress information of the lower process is the previous registration Compare if the date is newer than the scheduled date. If the progress information of the lower process has not been updated since the previous scheduled registration date, the person in charge of the lower process is notified of the progress information update request. For example, the notification may be made by sending an e-mail.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the activity of the organization is grasped as a managed process and a sub-process included in the managed process. Then, the progress information of the managed process and the lower process is stored in the tree information record of the management target storage unit 2. For example, the person in charge of the lower process inputs the progress information of each process into the management record of the lower process. On the other hand, the management processing unit 1 determines whether or not the progress information of the managed process has been updated after the registration date specified by the scheduled check date specifying unit 3. When the progress information of the managed process has not been updated, it is determined whether or not the progress information has been updated since the previous registration date for the sub-process included in the managed process.

If the progress information has not been updated for the lower process, the management processing unit 1
Requests the person in charge of the lower process to input progress information of the lower process, for example, input of progress information by e-mail or the like.

  On the other hand, when the progress information is updated for the lower process, the operation information corresponding to the attribute of each item of the management record is executed, and the calculation result, that is, the lower process is executed. The data obtained by processing the progress information is reflected in the management record of the upper managed process including the lower process. The calculation process according to the attribute of each item of the management record of the lower process is, for example, a process of combining the texts when the item of the management record of the lower process is text. In addition, the arithmetic processing according to the attribute of each item of the management record of the lower process, for example, in the case where the item of the management record of the lower process is an item to be numerically evaluated, for example, the total, the minimum value, the maximum value, the average Processing of values and the like.

  Therefore, according to the information processing apparatus, the information input by the person in charge of each lower process is generated on the predetermined registration scheduled date according to the predetermined calculation process, and the management record of the upper managed process is generated. Can be reflected. Therefore, this information processing apparatus can reduce the burden of process management in a complex organization in which a managed process and a number of sub-processes included in the managed process are numerous.

  An information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 14. In the first embodiment, the management processing unit 1 converts the progress information of the lower process of the tree information record to the calculation process specified by the calculation specifying unit 4 based on the scheduled registration date specified by the scheduled check date specifying unit 3. Therefore, the process of calculating and reflecting in the upper managed process has been described. In the second embodiment, the progress information of the lower process is calculated according to the calculation process specified in the calculation specifying unit 4, and other processes reflected in the higher managed process are exemplified. The configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. Therefore, also in the second embodiment, the functional configuration of the information processing apparatus is illustrated in FIG. 4 and description thereof is omitted.

<Progress rule table>
The calculation specifying unit 4 of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment holds a progress rule table. FIG. 8 illustrates the configuration of the progress rule table. As shown in FIG. 8, the progress rule table specifies an operation for each item of the management record in the lower process of the tree information record. In the example of FIG. 8, the progress rule table has attributes of the respective items of the management record, but the attributes may be omitted.

  In the example of FIG. 8, for example, “CAT”, that is, join is designated as an operation for the item “NAME”. For the item “ITEM1”, “CAT”, that is, join is designated as an operation. For the item “ITEM2”, “SUM”, that is, the total is designated as an operation. For the item “ITEM3”, “AVE”, that is, an average is designated as an operation.

  FIG. 9 lists calculation names and calculation method examples. In the example of FIG. 9, “CAT”, “SUM”, “AVE”, “WORD”, “LATEST”, “DIFF”, “D-COMP”, and “CUSTOM” are illustrated as operations.

  As described above, “CAT” is a process of combining texts, that is, connecting sentences specified in the items of the management record of the lower process into one sentence and reflecting it in the management record of the upper managed process. Is specified. Further, “SUM” specifies a process to be added to the management record of the upper managed process by adding the numerical values specified in the items of the management record of the lower process.

Similarly, “AVE” designates a process in which the numerical values designated in the management record item of the lower process are averaged by the number of processes and reflected in the management record of the upper managed process. Similarly, “WORST” extracts the maximum value from the numerical values specified in the management record item of the lower process. However, “WORST” is applied to items indicating that the larger the numerical value, the worse, for example, the number of days delayed, the required time, the required personnel, the additional man-hours, and the like. LATEST specifies that the latest date, that is, the latest date is extracted.

  “DIFF” designates a difference between two management items. For example, the progress information of the specified registration date and the progress information of the registration date before the specified registration date are specified for one item in the management record of the lower process as the DIFF calculation target. For example, the state of a process can be analyzed by calculating the difference value of the progress information of different registration dates of the same item.

  “D-COMP” compares one data specified in the item of the management record with the other data, and determines a match or mismatch. Also, “CUSTOM” provides a function that is customized operation, that is, a user's own operation is defined by combining an existing operation with a user and applied to the management record item specified by the user.

<Processing example>
10 to 12 show processing examples of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 shows a managed process BLK1 and lower processes P1 to P3 included in the managed process BLK1. The tree information record includes a management record L10 of the managed process BLK1 and management records L11 to L13 of the lower processes P1 to P3. Each management record includes items of NAME, progress rate, expectation, schedule, performance, and contents.

  The item “NAME” holds a process name. The “progress rate” item holds the progress rate input by the person in charge of each process. The item “prospect” is a scheduled completion date at the time of planning. The “schedule” item is a scheduled completion date input by the person in charge of each process. “Actual” is the date when the process is actually completed. “Content” is an explanatory text explaining the current situation regarding each process.

  In the example of FIG. 10, the average (AVE) is designated as the calculation for “progress rate”. A value (LATEST) that is most likely to be delayed is designated for “schedule”. Further, a combination (CAT) is designated for “content”.

  Assume that the scheduled registration date defined in the scheduled confirmation date designating unit 3 is February 20, 2009. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, it is assumed that the update date of the management record of the managed process BLK1 is February 10, 2009. In addition, the update of the information of the management process which is the said process is called collective registration. When the management record of the process to be managed BLK1 is updated on February 10, 2009 and the process reaches the date of February 20, 2009, the management processing unit 1 reflects the latest information in the management record of the process to be managed BLK1. Judge that it is not.

  Therefore, the management processing unit 1 confirms the management record for the lower processes included in the managed process BLK. FIG. 12 illustrates the data of the management record of the lower process. In the example of FIG. 12, the update date is February 15, 2009 for the sub-process P1. Therefore, new information is input to the lower process P1 after February 10, 2009, which is the latest update date of the upper managed process BLK1.

  On the other hand, for the lower process P2, the update date is February 8, 2009, and for the lower process P3, the update date is February 9, 2009. Therefore, for the lower processes P2 and P3, new information is not input after February 10, 2009, which is the latest update date of the upper managed process BLK1. Therefore, the management processing unit 1 requests the person in charge of the lower processes P2 and P3 to update the management records of the lower processes P2 and P3.

  When the management records of all the lower processes are updated after the previous update date (February 10, 2009) of the management records of the managed process BLK1, the management processing unit 1 manages the lower processes. Each item is calculated according to the calculation specified for each item of the record, and the data of the calculation result is reflected in the management record of the higher-level managed process BLK1. In other words, the management processing unit 1 calculates the updated information of the management record of the lower process, and collectively registers it in the higher management record.

<System configuration example>
FIG. 13 illustrates the configuration of the information system according to the second embodiment. The information system according to the second embodiment includes the information processing apparatus 10 and a plurality of terminals 20-1 and 20-2. The information processing apparatus 10 is the same as the information processing apparatus described in the first embodiment, and includes a management processing unit 1 and a database. The database includes a management target storage unit 2, a confirmation schedule designation unit 3, and a calculation designation unit 4.

  The information processing apparatus 10 is connected to a plurality of terminals 20-1 and 20-2 through the network 30. In addition, when naming several terminal 20-1, 20-2 etc. generically, it calls the terminal 20 only.

  The person in charge of each process accesses the information processing apparatus 10 from its own terminal, for example, the terminal 20-1 through the network 30, and inputs the progress information of the lower process. The input progress information is stored in the management record of the management target storage unit 2 in the database.

  On the other hand, the manager of the upper process, that is, the managed process accesses the information processing apparatus 10 from its own terminal, for example, the terminal 20-2 through the network 30, and starts execution of the management process. When the execution of the management process is activated, the information processing apparatus 10 functions as the management processing unit 1. The management processing unit 1 checks the update date of the progress information of the managed process and the update date of the lower process included in the managed process. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when the management record of the managed process is not updated, the management processing unit 1 updates the management record for the lower process as shown in FIG. Check if it has been done. If the management record of the lower process has not been updated, the person in charge of the process that has not been updated is urged to update the management record by e-mail or the like. In addition, when the management record of the lower process is updated, but the management record of the managed process is not updated, the management processing unit 1 performs the management record of the lower process according to the designation of the calculation designating unit 4 Is calculated and reflected in the management record of the managed process.

<Example of hardware configuration>
FIG. 14 illustrates a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus 10 is a computer that can be connected to the network 30. The information processing apparatus 10 includes an external storage device such as a CPU 11, a memory 12, and a hard disk drive 13, a display 14, an operation unit 15, a communication unit 16, and a portable storage medium input / output device 17.

  The CPU 11 executes a computer program that is loaded in the memory 12 and provides the functions of the information processing apparatus 10. The CPU 11 is not limited to one and may include a plurality of cores.

  The memory 12 stores a computer program executed by the CPU 11, data processed by the CPU 11, and the like. The memory 11 includes a nonvolatile ROM (Read Only Memory) and a volatile DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).

The hard disk driven by the hard disk drive 13 stores a computer program expanded in the memory 12 or data processed by the CPU 11. Instead of the hard disk drive 13, an SSD (Solid State Drive) such as a flash memory
) May be used. The hard disk drive 13 or an external storage device such as an SSD is connected to the CPU 21 through the interface 13A.

  The interface 13A is an interface such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), SCSI (Small Computer System Interface), or FC (Fibre Channel).

  The display 14 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an electroluminescence panel. The display 14 is connected to the CPU 21 through the interface 14A. The interface 14A is, for example, a graphics module such as VGA (Video Graphics Array) or an interface such as DVI (Digital Visual Interface).

  The operation unit 15 is an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and an electrostatic pad. The electrostatic pad is a device used to detect a user operation of tracing a flat pad with a finger or the like, and to control the position and movement state of the cursor on the display in accordance with the user operation. For example, the movement of the user's finger is detected by a change in the capacitance of the electrode under the flat pad. The operation unit 15 is connected to the CPU 11 through the interface 15A. The interface 15A is, for example, a USB interface.

  The communication unit 16 is also called a NIC (Network Interface Card). The communication unit 16 is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) interface. The communication unit 16 is connected to the CPU 11 through the interface 16A. The interface 16A is an expansion slot connected to the internal bus of the CPU 11, for example.

  The portable storage device 17 is, for example, an input / output device such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), a Blu-ray disc, or a flash memory card. The portable storage device 17 is connected to the CPU 11 through the interface 17A. The interface 17A is an interface such as USB or SCSI, for example.

  The configuration of the terminal 20 is almost the same as that of the information processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. That is, the terminal 20 includes a CPU, a memory, an external storage device, a display, an operation unit, a communication unit, a portable medium input / output device, and the like.

<Processing flow>
FIG. 15 illustrates a processing flow of management processing executed by the information system according to the second embodiment.

  The manager of the managed process accesses the information processing apparatus 10 from his / her terminal, for example, the terminal 20-2 shown in FIG. 13 through the network 30, and starts management processing. For example, the management process is started in the information processing apparatus 10 accessed from the terminal 20-2 through the network 30. In the management process, the CPU 11 of the information processing apparatus 10 executes a computer program that is executable on the memory 12 as the management processing unit 1 shown in FIG. Therefore, hereinafter, the process of the information processing apparatus 10 will be described as the process of the management processing unit 1.

The management processing unit 1 causes the terminal 20-2 to display a summary progress registration processing screen. Then, for example, the manager of the managed process presses the summary progress registration process execution button on the screen displayed on the terminal 20-2 with the operation unit 15, or selects with the operation unit 15 of the summary progress registration process execution menu. I do. Then, since execution of the summary progress registration process is instructed from the terminal 20-2 to the information processing apparatus 10, the information processing apparatus 10 executes the summary progress registration process according to the check rule.

  The management processing unit 1 first determines whether or not automatic registration is set to ON (F21). Whether the automatic registration is ON or OFF can be specified by the administrator on the screen for the administrator that the information processing apparatus 10 provides to the terminal 20-2, for example.

  When the automatic registration is set to ON, the management processing unit 1 executes the process in the automatic registration mode (F23). Hereinafter, processing in the automatic registration mode will be exemplified. In the automatic registration mode, the management processing unit 1 acquires the current date and time from the OS (operating system) of the information processing apparatus 10. Then, the management processing unit 1 determines whether or not the current date has passed the scheduled registration date (F24).

  When the current date and time does not pass the scheduled registration date, the management processing unit 1 may end the summary progress process with an NG return value. However, the processing of F23 to F26 including the determination processing of whether or not the current date and time is past the scheduled registration date may be periodically executed as a background process, for example. Then, the process from F25 onward may be executed when the scheduled registration date has passed.

  When the current date and time is past the scheduled registration date, the management processing unit 1 determines whether or not there is a new report related to the sub-process included in the managed process after the previous registration date (F25). The previous registration date refers to the latest registration date of the management record for the upper process, that is, the process to be managed. If there is no new report related to the lower process included in the managed process since the previous registration date, the management processing unit 1 notifies the person in charge of the lower process of an input request for a new report related to the lower process (F26). . The input request is made, for example, by transmitting a mail. When the scheduled registration date has passed, the input request may be executed periodically, for example, once a day until the input of a new report regarding the lower process is confirmed. Further, when the input request is periodically executed, the summary progress process itself may be temporarily ended. Alternatively, the management processing unit 1 continues the summary progress registration process until the input of a new report regarding the lower process is confirmed. When the input of the new report is confirmed, the management processing unit 1 returns the OK. The batch registration process may be terminated with the value.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in F25 that there is a new report related to the lower process included in the managed process after the previous registration date, the management processing unit 1 ends the registration process with a return value of OK. In addition, when there are a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process, the processing of F24 to F26 is executed for a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process.

  When the summary registration process ends with an OK return value, the management processing unit 1 executes a progress information collection process (F3). In the progress information collection process, the management processing unit 1 reads the subordinate process included in the managed process, that is, the management record of each process (F31). And the management process part 1 collects the item information of the management record of a lower process based on a progress totalization rule (F32). The process according to the progress aggregation rule is a process by the calculation shown in FIG. 9, and can be specified for each item of the management record as shown in FIG. The management processing unit 1 repeats the process of F32 until it collects information of all lower processes whose information has not been collected (F33). Then, when information collection is completed for all the sub-processes for which information has not been collected, the management processing unit 1 ends the progress information collection process (F33).

Next, the management processing unit 1 displays the information collected in the summary progress registration process and the progress information collection process (F4). In the process of F4, for example, text combined based on the management record of the lower process, total value of numerical values, average value, maximum value, minimum value, maximum delay value of schedule, difference value between items, user-specified customization Depending on the function or the like, a schedule delay, a scheduled completion date, a current man-hour, and the like, an additional expected man-hour, etc. are displayed. As a result, progress information indicating the delay of the schedule status is extracted.

  Then, for example, when the administrator presses a registration button on the screen displayed on the terminal 20-2 or selects a registration menu or the like, the information on the screen is managed as a management record of the managed process. Registered in the target storage unit 2. Thereafter, the management processing unit 1 may end the process.

  On the other hand, in F2, when the summary progress registration process ends with the return value NG, the management processing unit 1 may end the process as it is.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, when managing a managed process including a plurality of sub-processes, a progress information input request to each person in charge of the sub-process and progress report contents The CPU 10 executes management processing such as confirmation of the collected information on the collected progress reports to the managed process as the management processing unit 1 according to the computer program. Therefore, the administrator can execute the management process by, for example, pressing an execution instruction button on the screen displayed on the terminal 20-2, selecting a menu item, or the like. The administrator may confirm the result of the progress information collection process on the screen displayed on the terminal 20-2 and instruct the registration of the collected information in the management target storage unit 2. Therefore, the burden on the manager of the organization is reduced even when the activity of the organization is performed by a combination of the upper process and the lower process having a hierarchical structure.

In the second embodiment, an example of a two-level process management including a managed process and a lower process included in the managed process is shown. However, the information processing apparatus 10 may perform the same process as in the second embodiment even when a higher-level process exists in the managed process. Further, even when there is a lower grandchild process in the lower process, the information processing apparatus 10 may perform the same process as in the second embodiment. In other words, the processing shown in the second embodiment is not limited to two steps, and can be similarly applied to activities of an organization including three or more N steps.
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A program for causing a computer or other machine or device (hereinafter, a computer or the like) to realize any of the above functions can be recorded on a recording medium that can be read by the computer or the like. The function can be provided by causing a computer or the like to read and execute the program of the recording medium.

  Here, a computer-readable recording medium is a recording medium that stores information such as data and programs by electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action and can be read from a computer or the like. Say. Examples of such a recording medium that can be removed from a computer or the like include a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R / W, a DVD, a Blu-ray disk, a DAT, an 8 mm tape, a flash memory, and the like. There are cards. In addition, as a recording medium fixed to a computer or the like, there are a hard disk, a ROM (read only memory), and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management processing part 2 Management object memory | storage part 3 Confirmation scheduled date designation | designated part 4 Calculation designation | designated part 10 Information processing apparatus 20 Terminal

Claims (3)

A managed object storage unit that stores information on managed items for a managed process and a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process;
About the managed process, a scheduled confirmation date designating unit for storing a scheduled confirmation date of the management target item;
A calculation designating unit for storing a calculation procedure for reflecting the management target item of each of the lower processes in the management target item of the higher process including the lower process;
After the scheduled check due date of the managed process, information on the management target item of the lower process is calculated according to the calculation procedure stored in the calculation specifying unit, and the management target item information of the managed process is calculated as the management target item information. An information processing apparatus comprising: a management processing unit that is stored in a target storage unit. Computer
For the managed process and a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process, storing information on the management target item in the management target storage unit;
For the process to be managed, a step of reading a scheduled confirmation date of the management target item from a scheduled confirmation date designation unit;
A step of reading out a calculation procedure for reflecting the management target item of each of the lower processes on the management target item of the upper process including the lower process from the calculation specifying unit;
The management target item information of the subordinate process is calculated according to the calculation procedure stored in the calculation specifying unit on the scheduled check date of the managed process, and the management target item is managed target item information of the managed process. An information processing method for executing management processing steps stored in a storage unit. On the computer,
For the managed process and a plurality of sub-processes included in the managed process, storing information on the management target item in the management target storage unit;
For the process to be managed, a step of reading a scheduled confirmation date of the management target item from a scheduled confirmation date designation unit;
A step of reading out a calculation procedure for reflecting the management target item of each of the lower processes on the management target item of the upper process including the lower process from the calculation specifying unit;
The management target item information of the subordinate process is calculated according to the calculation procedure stored in the calculation specifying unit on the scheduled check date of the managed process, and the management target item is managed target item information of the managed process. A management processing step to be stored in the storage unit.

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