Patent ID: 7024669

Claim:
A computerized method of managing workload within a Workflow-Management-System (WFMS) said method being executable by said WFMS on at least one computer system, wherein said WFMS comprises a process model, said process model comprising one or more activities being the nodes of an arbitrary graph, and directed edges of said graph defining a potential control flow within said process model, said method comprising the steps of: analyzing said process model to determine if a priority execution indicator is assigned to one of said one or more activities within said process model; and wherein said process model is further analyzed to determine if there is a priority execution specification associated with said activity, when said analyzing step indicates that there is a priority execution indicator for an activity, said WFMS launching execution of said activity with an execution priority specified according to said priority execution indicator; and when there is no priority execution specification of said activity, analyzing for a priority execution specification of a performance sphere comprising said activity, said performance sphere comprising a sub-graph of said process model associating a process execution indicator to activities within said performance sphere.