Patent ID: 6591244
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer apparatus providing a process engineering computer program execution framework comprising:a configuration module for defining a workspace, including users, user types, process engineering business categories, process engineering business activities and process engineering business tasks, the configuration module further comprising: a process engineering business category module for specifying the process engineering business categories and associating the process engineering business categories with the process engineering business activities, such that a hierarchy is formed of the process engineering business categories, the process engineering business activities and the process engineering business tasks; a process engineering business task module for defining the process engineering business tasks using a process engineering business task template, the process engineering business task template providing forte definition of process engineering task configuration information and process engineering task argument information; a presentation module for viewing the defined workspace including associating the process engineering business activities with the process engineering business tasks using non-engineering terminology, the presentation module further comprising: a category tab bar module for presenting a graphical representation of the process engineering business categories, the category tab bar being a root of the hierarchy formed of the process engineering business categories, the process engineering business activities and the process engineering business tasks, and a workspace module for presenting a tree view and an information view within a single document window; an execution module responsive to the presentation module for launching the process engineering business tasks; and wherein at least one of the process engineering business tasks access a process engineering computer program to perform process modeling, simulation or optimization, the process engineering computer program executing within the information view of the defined workspace.