System and methods for user-customizable enterprise workflow management
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a user-interface having a user-selectable list of work-items, each work-item having metadata describing a predefined user-selectable list of guided procedures associated with the work-item;
receiving a selected work-item and one or more selected guided procedures; and
triggering the selected guided procedures associated with the selected work item,wherein each guided procedure includes a series of steps in a work-flow that are to be executed in parallel by a plurality of users collaborating on a project, and an owner is defined for one or more steps and responsible for completing the steps assigned to the owner.
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Abstract
Systems and techniques to manage work related procedures. In general, in one implementation, the techniques include providing a user-interface with a user-selectable list of work-items, each work-item having metadata describing a predefined user-selectable list of guided procedures associated with the work-item, receiving a response that includes a selected work-item and selected guided procedures, and triggering the selected guided procedures associated with the selected work-item.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a user-interface having a user-selectable list of work-items, each work-item having metadata describing a predefined user-selectable list of guided procedures associated with the work-item; receiving a selected work-item and one or more selected guided procedures; and triggering the selected guided procedures associated with the selected work item, wherein each guided procedure includes a series of steps in a work-flow that are to be executed in parallel by a plurality of users collaborating on a project, and an owner is defined for one or more steps and responsible for completing the steps assigned to the owner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a data source of guided procedures and work-items; and a computer having access to the data source, the computer operative to perform operations comprising; providing a user-interface with a user-selectable list of work-items, each work-item having metadata describing a predefined user-selectable list of guided procedures associated with the work-item; receiving a selected work-item and one or more selected guided procedures; and triggering the one or more selected guided procedures associated with the selected work-item, wherein each guided procedure includes a series of steps in a work-flow that are to be executed in parallel by a plurality of users collaborating on a project, and an owner is defined for one or more steps and responsible for completing the steps assigned to the owner. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
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providing a user-interface with a user-selectable list of work-items, each work-item having metadata describing a predefined user-selectable list of guided procedures associated with the work-item; receiving a selected work-item and one or more selected guided procedures; and triggering the one or more selected guided procedures associated with the selected work-item, wherein each guided procedure includes a series of steps in a work-flow that are to be executed in parallel by a plurality of users collaborating on a project, and an owner is defined for one or more steps and responsible for completing the steps assigned to the owner. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An enterprise management consolidation system comprising:
a cross functional application to provide communication between at least one of an object modeling tool, a process modeling tool, and a user interface tool, wherein the process modeling tool is configured to manage a relationship between guided procedures and work items, and the user interface tool includes instructions stored in a computer readable medium, the instructions executable by a processor and comprising; program code for providing a user-interface with a user-selectable list of work-items, each work-item having metadata describing a predefined user-selectable list of guided procedures associated with the work-item; program code for receiving a selected work-item and one or more selected guided procedures; and program code for triggering the one or more selected guided procedures associated with the selected work-item, wherein each guided procedure includes a series of steps in a work-flow that are to be executed in parallel by a plurality of users collaborating on a project, and an owner is defined for one or more steps and responsible for completing the steps assigned to the owner. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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