Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1998-12-10
2000-02-08
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707101, 707102, G06F 1730
Patent
active
060237023
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention generally relates to the technical field of computer based process and project management and to process and project management computer systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a system for providing process and project management on a common management computer system.
BACKGROUND ART
The process of designing, developing and manufacturing a new product and the process of changing or adapting an existing product presents many challenges to product managers and engineers to bring the product to market for the least cost and within schedule while maintaining or even increasing product quality. Many companies are realizing that the conventional product design process is not satisfactory to meet these needs. They require early involvement of manufacturing engineering, cost engineering, logistic planning, procurement, manufacturing, service and support with the design effort. Furthermore, they require planning and control of product data through design, release and manufacturing.
Project Management, as a modern management tool, has its origins in the early part of this century when Henry Gantt developed his visual aid for work control. The so-called Gantt-chart is a graphic representation of a project schedule that shows each task as a bar having a length proportional to the duration of the task.
The British patent specification 1 397 088, "Process for converting activity on the arrow type network to an activity on the node", application no. 54905/72, filed Nov. 28, 1972, describes a digital computer process for changing the external representation of an activity on the arrow type network to an internal representation of an activity on the node type precedence network in order to allow a computerized project management system that is capable of processing an activity on the node type precedence network to also process an activity on the arrow type network, an example of the former being disclosed in British patent specification 1 375 917 with application no. 54131/72.
In G. P. Fitzpatrick, T. R. Haynes and W. R. Sterrett: "Transportation-Metaphor Workflow Status Display", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 3, August 1992, pages 4 to 10, is described that the change from paper batch processing to on-line workflow processing makes it very difficult to understand the status of work-in-process. Forms processing tools allow for transaction paths to be defined and one of several people to request a transaction from a common queue to process the next available transaction.
In D. J. Spoon: "Project Management Environment", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. a, February 1990, pages 250 to 254, a process management environment is described including an operating environment, data elements, and application functions and processes.
In R. T. Marshak: "IBM's FlowMark, Object-Oriented Workflow for Mission-Critical Applications", Workgroup Computing Report (USA), Vol. 17, No. 5, 1994, page 3 to 13, the object character of IBM FlowMark as a client/server product built on a true object model that is targeted for mission-critical production process application development and deployment is described.
In H. A. Inniss and J. H. Sheridan: "Workflow Management Based on an Object-Oriented Paradigm", IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 3, March 1994, page 185, other aspects of object-oriented modelling on customization and changes are described.
In F. Leymann and D. Roller: "Business Process Management with FlowMark", Digest of papers, Cat. No. 94CH3414-0, Spring COMPCON 94, 1994, pages 230 to 234, the state-of-the-art computer process management tool IBM FlowMark is described. The meta model of IBM FlowMark is presented as well as the implementation of IBM FlowMark. The possibilities of IBM FlowMark for modelling of business processes as well as their execution are discussed. The product IBM FlowMark is available for different computer platforms and documentation for IBM FlowMark is available in every IBM branch. Flowmark i
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Bandat Kurt
Leisten Udo
Parncutt Geoff
Voesch Ekkehard
Black Thomas G.
Ehrlich Marc A.
Ho Ruay Lian
International Business Machines - Corporation
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