Patent ID: 8498890
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for managing workflow instance migration, the computer implemented method comprising: comparing, with a migration manager communicatively coupled to a memory and a processor on an information processing system, an initial workflow process model with a new workflow process model; determining a set of differences between the initial workflow process model and the new workflow process model; identifying, with the migration manager, based on the set of differences, at least one set of a plurality of activities associated with the initial workflow process model that is migrateable to the new workflow process model; and generating a migration plan associated with the initial workflow process model and the new workflow process model, wherein the migration plan comprises the at least one set of the plurality of activities associated with the initial workflow process model that is migrateable to the new workflow process model; and wherein the identifying further comprises: wherein identifying the set of migration constraints further comprises: wherein identifying the at least one remaining set of a plurality of activities further comprises: determining, for each migration point in the new set of migration points, (1) a position of the migration point within the initial workflow process model relative to each set of the plurality of activities associated with each difference, and (2) whether the migration point is filterable; and wherein the migration plan comprises at least the new set of migration points, the position of each migration point in the new set of migration points, and a marking of each migration point as filterable or not-filterable, wherein the at least one set of a plurality of activities that is migrateable to the new workflow process model is associated with the new set of migration points.