| 摘要 |
<p>The invention is a system which provides consultants, business process analysts, and application developers (Fig. 3) with a unified tool (Fig. 4) with which to conduct business process analysis, design, and documentation. The invention may be implemented using a software system which has two functional sets. One is a set of graphical tools that can be used by a developer or a business analyst to map out business processes (Fig. 3). The second is a set of tools that can be used to document and specify in detail the attributes of each workflow definition (Fig. 3), including roles, timing, conditions of satisfaction (Figs. 1a-1e), forms, and links (Fig. 2) required to complete a business process definition. The invention utilizes the fundamental concept of workflow analysis that any business process can be interpreted as a sequence of basic transactions called workflows (Fig. 2).</p> |
