Patent ID: 8294938

Claim:
An image forming apparatus including a storage device capable of performing processing specified by a job received from outside, comprising: an operation log recording unit configured to record an operation log based on operations concerning work performed on the image forming apparatus, in the storage device; a reception unit configured to receive the job from the outside; a processing unit configured to perform the processing specified by the job received by the reception unit based on the work performed on the image forming apparatus; a job log recording unit configured to record a job log based on the job processed by the processing unit, in the storage device; a management unit configured to identify the operation log which is based on the operation corresponding to the job processing performed by the processing unit and is recorded in the storage device, and to manage the operation log in association with the job; and a notification unit configured to make a notification based on the operation log and the job log associated by the management unit and recorded in the storage device, to an external apparatus, wherein the management unit manages the job received by the reception unit and the operation log recorded in the storage device before the job is received by the reception unit, by associating the job and the operation log with each other, and the operation log contains information about an operator who performed the operation and time information.