Workflow system
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1. A workflow system for controlling business, which includes a plurality of works, based on process definition information which defines correspondence relation of said works, comprising:
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a memory connected to said bus and for storing programs;
a communication apparatus connected to a network and said bus, said network being connected to a plurality of computers each implementing any of said plurality of works; and
a processing apparatus connected to said memory through said bus, and for detecting progress states of works implemented by said plurality of computers through communication with said plurality of computers through said communication apparatus, specifying a stagnated work based on said detected progress states, specifying a work having predetermined relation to said stagnated work based on said process definition, and establishing a processing priority of said work having said predetermined relation in accordance with said predetermined relation, wherein said workflow system controles said business in accordance with said processing priority.
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Abstract
A workflow system controls work which includes a plurality of works. A stagnated work in a stagnation state is grasped, and processing priorities of works having a relation to the stagnated work are established in accordance with the relation. Particularly, a processing priority of a work, of which the processing progress is influenced due to the stagnated work in the stagnation state, is established to be lower.
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1. A workflow system for controlling business, which includes a plurality of works, based on process definition information which defines correspondence relation of said works, comprising:
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a bus;
a memory connected to said bus and for storing programs;
a communication apparatus connected to a network and said bus, said network being connected to a plurality of computers each implementing any of said plurality of works; and
a processing apparatus connected to said memory through said bus, and for detecting progress states of works implemented by said plurality of computers through communication with said plurality of computers through said communication apparatus, specifying a stagnated work based on said detected progress states, specifying a work having predetermined relation to said stagnated work based on said process definition, and establishing a processing priority of said work having said predetermined relation in accordance with said predetermined relation, wherein said workflow system controles said business in accordance with said processing priority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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13. A workflow control method of controlling by means of a computer business, which includes a plurality of works, based on process definition information which defines correspondence relation of said works, comprising following steps according to a program stored in a computer readable recording medium:
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a step of detecting progress states of works implemented by a plurality of computers which are connected to said computer through a network;
a step of specifying a stagnated work based on said detected progress states;
a step of specifying a work, which has predetermined relation to said stagnated work, based on said process definition;
a step of establishing a processing priority of said work, which has said predetermined relation, in accordance with said predetermined relation; and
a step of controlling said business in accordance with said processing priority.
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25. A program product capable of being stored in a computer readable recording medium and for controlling business, which includes a plurality of works, based on process definition information which defines correspondence relation of said works, said computer executing following steps:
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a step of detecting progress states of works implemented by a plurality of computers which are connected to said computer through a network;
a step of specifying a stagnated work based on said detected progress states;
a step of specifying a work, which has predetermined relation to said stagnated work, based on said process definition;
a step of establishing a processing priority of said work, which has said predetermined relation, in accordance with said predetermined relation; and
a step of controlling said business in accordance with said processing priority.
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