Patent ID: 8577714
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A business information management system using a computer having at least an input unit and a display unit, the business information management system managing a business information database containing business-related data of a plurality of types, the computer comprising: a processor; a data connection relationship information storage configured to store data connection relationship information which represents data having a connection relationship with each of data items constituting the business information database; a data connection accuracy information storage configured to store, as data connection accuracy, a numeric value which represents a depth of the connection relationship for each pair of data items having a connection relationship stored in said data connection relationship information storage; a data change section configured to change, via the processor, at least one data item contained in the business information database in accordance with data inputted via the input unit; a change affected data extraction section configured to obtain, via the processor, based on the data connection relationship information stored in said data connection relationship information storage, a first data item which has a connection relationship with the originally changed data item and a second data item which has a connection relationship with the first data item, until there is no longer existing connection relationship, said change affected data extraction section thereby extracting, as change affected data, all data items resident along a path connecting the above-referenced connection relationships; a change effect probability calculation section configured to calculate, via the processor, a change effect probability of each item of the extracted change affected data based on the data connection accuracy stored in said data connection accuracy information storage; and a change affected data display section configured to display, on the display unit, the extracted change affected data and the change effect probability calculated for the change affected data; wherein the business information database includes work flow information defining a work flow of a plurality of work processes; and wherein the computer further comprises: a data connection accuracy information calculation section configured to select, from the work flow information via the processor, a first work process and a second work process to be carried out following the first work process, find a work process connection path leading from the first work process to the second work process based on the work flow information, and to calculate, based on the number of connection links contained in the connection path and the number of connection link branches branching rearwardly from the work process contained in the connection path, data connection accuracy between a first data item to be processed in the first work process and a second data item to be processed in the second work process; a change cost information storage configured to store, for each item of data constituting the business information database, a change cost to be accrued when the data item is changed; a change cost calculation section configured to calculate, for each item of the change affected data extracted by said change affected data extraction section, the change cost of the change affected data item as a product of the change cost stored in the change cost information storage section for that particular change affected data item and the change effect probability calculated for that particular change affected data item by said change effect probability calculation section, and further calculating a total value of all change cost values calculated for the change affected data items; and a change cost display section configured to display, on the display unit, at least one of the change cost value calculated for each item of the change affected data and the total value of all change cost values.