Patent ID: 6684228
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
Method for developing end user applications in an application development environment for supporting management of operational processes in an organization, in which the application development environment comprises:an organization modeler to define the operational processes and the organizational units involved; a connection modeler to define connections with the operational processes for collection of data; a view builder to define views of the data; a distributor for creating an end user application, wherein, the application development environment further comprises a model builder for defining steering models by the steps of: identifying a steering model, defining input variables, defining output variables, defining the relation between the input and output variables; and a steering process modeler for defining a steering process by the steps of identifying a steering process; identifying at least one steering step for each steering process; linking the steering steps in order to build the steering process model; and the method further comprises for each steering process the steps of displaying a list of lowest level steering steps associated with the steering process; after selection of one steering step, displaying a list of available steering models for selection; storing the relation between the selected steering step and the selected steering model; and linking the input/output variables associated with the selected steering model to the data.