Patent ID: 8155988

Claim:
A workflow management system for managing a workflow including a plurality of tasks, the workflow management system comprising: a task data memory that stores task data; a task control part that obtains task data from the task data storing part, calculating an index from the task data, and outputting an evaluation of the workflow based on the result of the calculation; and a processor that executes the task control part, wherein the task control part outputs a first warning prompting a user to modify the task when the index is greater than a first threshold and outputs a second warning prompting the user to modify the task when the index is greater than a second threshold, the task control part includes a determining part that determines whether or not a person requesting the result of the calculation is in charge of the tasks, when the determining part determines that the person requesting the result of the calculation is in charge of the tasks, the task control part outputs the result of the calculation and one of the first and second warnings for prompting the person to modify the tasks, and when the determining part determines that the person requesting the result of the calculation is not in charge of the tasks, the task control part outputs only the result of the calculation.