Patent ID: 6151583
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A workflow management method in a workflow system, comprising the steps of:dividing a workflow into a plurality of processes;storing in a table a plurality of definition information sets for individually defining workflows for said plurality of processes included in a job for processing a plurality of works to be circulated, wherein said plurality of definition information sets each have a process ID, a process name, and a user role ID, and at least one of said plurality of definition information set has predetermined data for connecting processing defined by another definition information set in said user role ID; andstoring in a table a work management information set created for each of said plurality of works subjected to processing by said job, said work management information set having a process ID, a process name, a user role ID, and a flag representative of whether or not workflow processing corresponding to processing of each work has been terminated.