Method and system for managing workflow

Details Method and system for managing workflow Method and system for managing workflow

1995-06-02

1999-12-07

Cosimano, Edward R.

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Health care management

705 7, 705 8, G06F 1760

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ABSTRACT:
A workflow manager system provides computer-assisted, graphical tools for defining and managing complex processes in terms of a workflow. A workflow includes a number of steps having step encapsulations and dependency relationships. Step encapsulations define the work to be performed by a step in a work flow such as launching a design tool. The dependency relationships represent the conditions that must be satisfied before a step can be performed and can be expressed in terms of boolean relationships using step and data states or data values as arguments. The workflow system manages the state of a workflow including the state of steps and data, and makes the workflow and its related data accessible to multiple users.

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