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Chronicling for process discovery in model driven business transformation

  • US 8,489,444 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2007
  • Issued: 07/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for discovering business processes, comprising:

  • utilizing at least one electronic chronicling capture tool on a device to automatically capture selected activities as they are performed;

    storing said captured selected activities in an electronic database;

    utilizing at least one annotation tool to bookmark said captured activities;

    utilizing the electronic database to organize said activities into chronicles;

    utilizing a chronicle navigator to access and utilize said chronicles;

    utilizing an analysis and mining tool to analyze said chronicles to derive statistics and summaries;

    automatically determining at least one key performance indicator;

    comparing said at least one key performance indicator with at least one target key performance indicator in order to determine whether said key performance indicator is within an acceptable range;

    determining changes to be made to a current business process when said key performance indicator is not within an acceptable range; and

    updating said current business process with said determined changes,wherein said device comprises at least one of personal computers, personal digital assistants, telephones, cell phones, GPS devices, audio/video recorders, audio/video players, or cameras.

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