Hierarchical permissions model for case management

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium embodying thereon computer executable code comprising instructions for:

• accessing a case model comprising a hierarchical data model and a hierarchical permissions model, the hierarchical data model comprising a plurality of case nodes and the hierarchical permission model comprising a hierarchical permission model node corresponding to a corresponding case node from the plurality of case nodes, the hierarchical permission model node specifying a case role and a definition of permissions to be associated with the case role with respect to the corresponding case node;
• and
• enforcing permissions defined by the hierarchical permission model with respect to a case instance instantiated using the case model by allowing, or not allowing, a requested action to be performed, at run time, based on the case role.