ASSET-DRIVEN WORKFLOW MODELING

摘要

Asset-driven workflow dependency management establishes connections between activities based on the descriptions of the assets used as inputs and/or outputs for each activity. These descriptive “contracts” provide a mechanism to match relevant activities necessary to create a desired output. Graphical representations of activities are used to model venders, facilities and other production activities. Using the models of activities, a model of the production pipeline can be built from back to front. Thus, a final result activity model is selected first and based on the assets required by the selected final result activity an appropriate activity that produces that required asset can be selected. A real world process pipeline can then be formed based on the model and the model can be used to track the status of the real world production pipeline:

主权项

1. A method for modeling a workflow, the method comprising:
providing a graphical representation of a first activity having at least a first input with an associated asset descriptor; providing a graphical representation of a second activity having at least an output with an associated asset descriptor matching the asset descriptor associated with the first input of the graphical representation of the first activity; and connecting the first input of the graphical representation of the first activity with the output of the graphical representation of the second activity based on the matching asset descriptors.