Detecting wasteful data collection
First Claim
1. A system for detecting wasteful data collection comprising:
- at least one memory that stores;
logical process model information comprising;
a plurality of process activities in a business process, anddefinitions of logical relationships between respective process activities, including definition of one or more sequences in which at least some of the respective process activities are to be performed, and data input information comprising;
a plurality of data element identifiers indicative of a plurality of expected inputs, each expected input comprising an expected collection of a corresponding case-specific data element during performance of respective cases of the business process,a plurality of process activity identifiers associated with respective data element identifiers, each process activity identifier linking a respective data element identifier to a particular process activity in which the corresponding case-specific data element is to be collected; and
a source type identifier associated with each data element identifier to indicate a particular type of a predefined plurality of types of sources from which an associated expected input is to be received; and
a computer including;
a duplication identifier module to analyze the data input information to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs, each duplicate expected input being one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input having a corresponding common data element, the duplicate expected input and the at least one other expected input being linked to different process activities of the plurality of process activities of the business process; and
an efficiency calculation module configured to calculate a data collection efficiency value based at least in part on the identified duplicate expected inputs, and to allocate a duplication weight to each duplicate expected input corresponding to the associated source type identifier.
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Abstract
A method and system comprises a duplication identifier module to analyze data input information to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs associated with a process. The system includes logical process model information defining a logically structured series of process activities and data input information representing a plurality of expected inputs associated with respective process activities, with each expected input being indicative of expected collection of a corresponding data element during execution of the associated process activity. Each duplicate expected input comprises one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input with respect to a common corresponding data element.
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1. A system for detecting wasteful data collection comprising:
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at least one memory that stores; logical process model information comprising; a plurality of process activities in a business process, and definitions of logical relationships between respective process activities, including definition of one or more sequences in which at least some of the respective process activities are to be performed, and data input information comprising; a plurality of data element identifiers indicative of a plurality of expected inputs, each expected input comprising an expected collection of a corresponding case-specific data element during performance of respective cases of the business process, a plurality of process activity identifiers associated with respective data element identifiers, each process activity identifier linking a respective data element identifier to a particular process activity in which the corresponding case-specific data element is to be collected; and a source type identifier associated with each data element identifier to indicate a particular type of a predefined plurality of types of sources from which an associated expected input is to be received; and a computer including; a duplication identifier module to analyze the data input information to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs, each duplicate expected input being one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input having a corresponding common data element, the duplicate expected input and the at least one other expected input being linked to different process activities of the plurality of process activities of the business process; and an efficiency calculation module configured to calculate a data collection efficiency value based at least in part on the identified duplicate expected inputs, and to allocate a duplication weight to each duplicate expected input corresponding to the associated source type identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for detecting wasteful data collection comprising:
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associating a plurality of expected inputs with respective process activities of a logical process model comprising a logically structured series of process activities in a business process to be performed by a process system, to provide definitions of logical relationships between the respective process activities, including definition of one or more sequences in which at least some of the respective process activities are to be performed, and data input information comprising; a plurality of data element identifiers indicative of a plurality of expected inputs, each expected input comprising an expected collection of a corresponding case-specific data element during performance of respective cases of the business process, a plurality of process activity identifiers associated with respective data element identifiers, each process activity identifier linking a respective data element identifier to a particular process activity in which the corresponding case-specific data element is to be collected; and a source type identifier associated with each data element identifier to indicate a particular type of a predefined plurality of types of sources from which an associated expected input is to be received; and using one or more processors; analyzing expected inputs associated with two or more of the process activities, to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs associated with the logical process model, each duplicate expected input being one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input having a corresponding common data element, the duplicate expected input and the at least one other expected input being linked to different process activities of the logically structured series of process activities of the business process; and calculating a data collection efficiency value based at least in part on the identified duplicate expected inputs, and to allocate a duplication weight to each duplicate expected input corresponding to the associated source type identifier. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions for detecting wasteful data collection which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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associate a plurality of expected inputs with respective process activities of a logical process model comprising a logically structured series of process activities in a business process to be performed by a process system, to provide definitions of logical relationships between the respective process activities, including definition of one or more sequences in which at least some of the respective process activities are to be performed, and data input information comprising; a plurality of data element identifiers indicative of a plurality of expected inputs, each expected input comprising an expected collection of a corresponding case-specific data element during performance of respective cases of the business process, a plurality of process activity identifiers associated with respective data element identifiers, each process activity identifier linking a respective data element identifier to a particular process activity in which the corresponding case-specific data element is to be collected; and a source type identifier associated with each data element identifier to indicate a particular type of a predefined plurality of types of sources from which an associated expected input is to be received; analyze expected inputs associated with two or more of the process activities, to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs associated with the logical process model, each duplicate expected input being one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input having a corresponding common data element, the duplicate expected input and the at least one other expected input being linked to different process activities of the logically structured series of process activities of the business process; and calculate a data collection efficiency value based at least in part on the identified duplicate expected inputs, and to allocate a duplication weight to each duplicate expected input corresponding to the associated source type identifier.
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