Process execution management based on resource requirements and business impacts
First Claim
1. A method for managing execution of processes on a data processing system, the data processing system comprising one or more process instances that are each an execution of a corresponding process, each process instance comprising one or more activity instances, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining one or more business impacts for the one or more process instances, the one or more activity instances, or both the one or more process instances and the one or more activity instances; and
managing order of execution of the activity instances by allocating resources to activity instances in order to achieve an objective defined in terms of the one or more business impacts.
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Abstract
Techniques are presented for managing execution of processes on a data processing system. The data processing system comprises process instances that are each an execution of a corresponding process. Each process instance comprises activity instances. Business impacts are determined for the process instances, the activity instances, or both. Order of execution of the activity instances is managed by allocating resources to activity instances in order to achieve an objective defined in terms of the business impacts. In another embodiment, requests are received for the execution of the processes. For a given request, one or more of the operations of assigning, updating, aggregating, and weighting of first business impacts associated with the given request are performed to create second business impacts associated with the given request. Additionally, requests can be modified. Modification can include changing the process requested or process input as deemed appropriate, combining related requests into a single request, or both. Unmodified requests and any modified requests are managed.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for managing execution of processes on a data processing system, the data processing system comprising one or more process instances that are each an execution of a corresponding process, each process instance comprising one or more activity instances, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining one or more business impacts for the one or more process instances, the one or more activity instances, or both the one or more process instances and the one or more activity instances; and
managing order of execution of the activity instances by allocating resources to activity instances in order to achieve an objective defined in terms of the one or more business impacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data processing system for managing execution of processes, the data processing system comprising:
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a memory that stores computer-readable code, one or more process instances, and one or more activity instances, wherein the one or more process instances are each an execution of a corresponding process, each process instance comprising one or more activity instances; and
a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to perform the steps of;
determining one or more business impacts for the one or more process instances, the one or more activity instances, or both the one or more process instances and the one or more activity instances; and
managing order of execution of the activity instances by allocating resources to activity instances in order to achieve an objective defined in terms of the one or more business impacts.
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14. A method for managing requests for execution of one or more processes on a data processing system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving one or more requests for the execution of the one or more processes;
for a given one of the one or more requests, performing one or more of assigning, updating, aggregating, and weighting of one or more first business impacts associated with the given request to create one or more second business impacts associated with the given request, the given request for execution of a given process;
modifying a given request to create a modified request, the modified request for execution of the given process or another process; and
managing unmodified requests and any modified requests in order to execute processes corresponding to the unmodified and modified requests. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A data processing system for managing requests for execution of one or more processes, the system comprising:
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a memory that stores computer-readable code; and
a processor operatively coupled to said memory, said processor configured to implement said computer-readable code, said computer-readable code configured to perform the steps of;
receiving one or more requests for the execution of the one or more processes;
for a given one of the one or more requests, performing one or more of assigning, updating, aggregating, and weighting of one or more first business impacts associated with the given request to create one or more second business impacts associated with the given request, the given request for execution of a given process;
modifying a given request to create a modified request, the modified request for execution of the given process or another process; and
managing unmodified requests and any modified requests in order to execute processes corresponding to the unmodified and modified requests.
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