METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO WORKFLOW MENTORING

• US 20140343982A1
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: SCULLY, Rachel A., RAYBOURN, Cynthia T.
• Application Number:
  US14/251,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20140343982A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

Workflow mentoring. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: creating, by a first computer system, a workflow mentoring plan for a group of users by receiving, from a second computer system, a first plurality of workflow steps, wherein at least one of the workflow steps is selected from predetermined workflow steps; receiving, from a third computer system, a second plurality of workflow steps, wherein at least one of the workflow steps is selected from the predetermined workflow steps; determining, from the first and second pluralities and the predetermined workflow steps, a value indicative of relevance weighting of each of the first and second pluralities of workflow steps, wherein the determination is made based on frequency of repetition of workflow steps; and allocating a percentage of the workflow mentoring plan to each individual step within the pluralities of steps based on the value indicative of relevance weighting.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

creating, by a first computer system, a workflow mentoring plan for a group of users, the creating by;

receiving, from a second computer system, a first plurality of workflow steps, wherein at least one of the first plurality of workflow steps is selected from a plurality of predetermined workflow steps;

receiving, from a third computer system, a second plurality of workflow steps, wherein at least one of the second plurality of workflow steps is selected from the plurality of predetermined workflow steps;

determining, from the first and second pluralities of workflow steps and from the plurality of predetermined workflow steps, a value indicative of relevance weighting of each of the first and second pluralities of workflow steps, wherein the determination is made based on frequency of repetition of workflow steps received from the first and second pluralities of workflow steps; and

allocating a percentage of the workflow mentoring plan to each individual step within the pluralities of steps based on the value indicative of relevance weighting.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, from a fourth computer system, a third plurality of workflow steps; and

wherein determining further comprises determining from the first, second, and third pluralities of workflow steps.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising, after creating the workflow mentoring plan, training the group of users based on the allocated percentages.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein training further comprises training by way of applying custom workflow data provided by each user to the workflow mentoring plan.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first computer system sends the plurality of predetermined workflow steps to the second computer system and to the third computer system.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein allocating further comprises allocating by way of an algorithm.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the value indicative of relevance weighting further comprises determining by way of user input.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein creating the workflow mentoring plan for a group of users further comprises creating for at least three users.

9. A method comprising:

creating, by a first computer system, a workflow mentoring plan for a group of users, the creating by;

receiving, by a first user, a first plurality of hand-written workflow steps from a second user, each hand-written workflow step provided to the first user on a piece of paper, wherein at least one of the first plurality is selected from a plurality of predetermined workflow steps, and wherein the first user inputs the first plurality of hand-written workflow steps onto a computer program executing on the first computer system;

receiving, by the first computer system, a second plurality of workflow steps from a second computer system, wherein at least one of the second plurality is selected from the plurality of predetermined workflow steps;

determining, from the first and second pluralities of workflow steps and from the plurality of predetermined workflow steps, a value indicative of relevance weighting of each of the workflow steps, wherein the determination is made based on the frequency of repetition of workflow steps received from the pluralities of workflow steps; and

allocating a percentage of the workflow mentoring plan to each individual step within the pluralities of steps based on the value indicative of relevance weighting.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising, after creating the workflow mentoring plan training the group of users on each individual step for the allocated percentage of the workflow mentoring plan.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the training further comprises training by way of applying custom workflow data provided by each user to the workflow mentoring plan.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein allocating further comprises allocating by way of an algorithm.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein determining the values indicative of relevance weighting further comprises determining by way of user input.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein creating the workflow mentoring plan for a group of users further comprises creating for at least three users.

15. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to;

create a workflow mentoring plan for a group of users, the creating by causing the processor to;

receive a plurality of workflow steps from the group of users;

determine, from the plurality of workflow steps and a plurality of predetermined workflow steps, a value indicative of relevance weighting of each of the workflow steps, wherein the determination is made based on the frequency of repetition of workflow steps received from the pluralities of workflow steps; and

allocate a percentage of the workflow mentoring plan to each individual step within the plurality of steps based on the value indicative of relevance weighting.

16. The computer system of claim 15 wherein the computer system is at least one selected from the group consisting of:

a desktop computer;

a laptop computer;

a smartphone; and

a tablet computing device.

17. The computer system of claim 15 further comprising, before receiving the plurality of workflow steps from the group of users, sending to a second computer system a plurality of predetermined workflow steps.

18. The computer system of claim 15 wherein when the processor allocates, the program further causes the processor to allocate by way of an algorithm.

19. A first computer system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to;

receive, from a second computer system, a predetermined set of workflow steps;

send, to the first computer system, a first plurality of workflow steps, wherein at least one of the first plurality of workflow steps is selected from the predetermined workflow steps; and

then

receive an indication of a workflow, the workflow created by the first computer system; and

apply user data to the workflow, wherein the user data is input by a first user interacting with the first computer system by way of an input device.

20. The first computer system of claim 19 further comprising an input device coupled to the processor.

21. The system of claim 19 wherein the first computer system is at least one selected from the group consisting of:

a desktop computer;

a smartphone, a tablet computer; and

a laptop computer.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

create a workflow mentoring plan for a group of users, the creating by causing the processor to;

receive a plurality of workflow steps from the group of users;

determine, from the plurality of workflow steps and a plurality of predetermined workflow steps, a value indicative of relevance weighting of each of the workflow steps, wherein the determination is made based on the frequency of repetition of workflow steps received from the pluralities of workflow steps; and

allocate a percentage of the workflow mentoring plan to each individual step within the plurality of steps based on the value indicative of relevance weighting.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable of claim 22 further comprising, before receiving the plurality of workflow steps from the group of users, sending to a second computer system a plurality of predetermined workflow steps.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable of claim 22 wherein when the processor allocates, the program further causes the processor to allocate by way of an algorithm.