CONSOLIDATING BUSINESS PROCESS WORKFLOWS THROUGH THE USE OF SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. A method for consolidated roadmap generation comprising:
- identifying a first and a second workflow, wherein the first and second workflow is a sequence of connected steps representing work of a business process, wherein each step of the sequence of connected steps is modeled within a computing environment as an object, wherein the object is at least one of an activity and an event of the business process, wherein the first and second workflow is comprised of a plurality of the object;
automatically performing a semantic analysis upon the first and second workflow, wherein the semantic analysis compares each object of the first workflow with each object of the second workflow;
generating an object report associated with the first and second workflow, wherein the object report indicates at least one of a similarity and a difference between each object of the first workflow and each object of the second workflow, wherein the similarity denotes an object of the first workflow is identical to an object of a second workflow, wherein the difference denotes an object of the first workflow is not identical to an object of the second workflow; and
programmatically consolidating the first and second workflow into at least one consolidated roadmap using the object report, wherein the roadmap is a business process workflow comprising of each unique object of the first and second workflow.
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Abstract
A first and a second workflow can be identified. The workflows can be a sequence of connected steps representing work of a business process which can be modeled within a computing environment as an object. The object can be an activity or an event of the business process. A semantic analysis can be automatically performed upon the workflows. The semantic analysis can compare each object of the workflows to each other. An object report can be generated from the comparison which can indicate a similarity and/or a difference between each object of the workflows. The similarity can denote two or more objects are identical and the difference can denote two or more objects are not identical. The workflows can be programmatically consolidated into one or more consolidated roadmap using the object report. The roadmap can be a business process workflow comprised of each unique object of first and second workflow.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for consolidated roadmap generation comprising:
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identifying a first and a second workflow, wherein the first and second workflow is a sequence of connected steps representing work of a business process, wherein each step of the sequence of connected steps is modeled within a computing environment as an object, wherein the object is at least one of an activity and an event of the business process, wherein the first and second workflow is comprised of a plurality of the object; automatically performing a semantic analysis upon the first and second workflow, wherein the semantic analysis compares each object of the first workflow with each object of the second workflow; generating an object report associated with the first and second workflow, wherein the object report indicates at least one of a similarity and a difference between each object of the first workflow and each object of the second workflow, wherein the similarity denotes an object of the first workflow is identical to an object of a second workflow, wherein the difference denotes an object of the first workflow is not identical to an object of the second workflow; and programmatically consolidating the first and second workflow into at least one consolidated roadmap using the object report, wherein the roadmap is a business process workflow comprising of each unique object of the first and second workflow. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating a consolidated roadmap comprising:
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identifying a programmatically generated consolidated roadmap within a roadmap framework, wherein the roadmap framework is an entity comprising of a business process workflow, an object report, and a consolidated roadmap, wherein the business process workflow is a sequence of connected steps representing work of a business process, wherein each step of the sequence of connected steps is modeled within a computing environment as an object, wherein the object is at least one of an activity and an event of the business process; receiving a feedback artifact associated with the object report, wherein the feedback artifact is at least one of a user specified alteration and a determined adjustment; modifying the object report based on the received feedback artifact. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A system for generating a consolidated roadmap comprising:
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a processor; a volatile memory; a bus connecting said processor, non-volatile memory, and volatile memory to each other, wherein the volatile memory comprises computer usable program code execute-able by said processor, said computer usable program code comprising; a roadmap generator configured to generate a consolidated roadmap from a plurality of business process workflows, wherein each of the plurality of workflows is a sequence of connected steps representing work of a business process, wherein each step of the sequence of connected steps is modeled within a computing environment as an object, wherein the object is at least one of an activity and an event of the business process; an analytics engine configured to perform a semantic analysis on the plurality of business process workflows, wherein the semantic analysis identifies unique objects of the plurality of business process workflows, wherein the semantic analysis produces an object report, wherein the object report comprises of at least one of a unique object identified by the semantic analysis, a tentative roadmap, and a metadata associated with the business process workflow; a social network search engine able to perform networking actions within a networked environment, wherein the networked environment comprises of entities, wherein the entities is at least one of a social network, a Web site, a Wiki, a forum, a Web Log, and a Web application; and a metadata repository capable of storing metadata associated with at least one of the business process workflow and the analytics engine, wherein the metadata is at least one of a keyword tag, a keyword tag synonym, and a filter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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