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System and method for enterprise-wide business process management

  • US 6,817,008 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2003
  • Issued: 11/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implementing a business process on a computer system comprising the steps of:

  • developing at least one business rule that describes the business process;

    for each business rule, developing an element of a workflow that implements the business process;

    determining at least one data item for implementing each workflow element;

    identifying sources of each data item from a plurality of computer systems;

    defining a delegate to perform each workflow element, wherein the delegate comprises a computer software program capable of implementing each of the workflow elements;

    representing each delegate by a visual representation comprising a workflow element type representing a function supported by the workflow element wherein each visual representation corresponds to actual computer code for the delegate; and

    arranging each delegate to form a workflow by organizing the visual representation representing the corresponding delegate to order the workflow elements in a manner that corresponds to the order of the business rules in the business process.

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