Dynamic display of data item evaluation

In a computer system which implements an object-focused workflow system and which evaluates at least one attribute by evaluating a plurality of computation rules corresponding to the at least one attribute to produce a collection of values and assigning a final value to said attribute by applying at least one combining policy to said collection of values, an improvement for displaying a representation of the evaluation of said at least one attribute on a display screen comprising:

• a memory storing computer program instructions executable by a processor of said computer system, said computer program instructions defining the steps of:
• displaying a representation of the evaluation status of said at least one attribute, wherein said at least one attribute corresponds to an object in said object-focused workflow system;
• displaying a representation of the evaluation status for each of said plurality of computation rules, each of said computation rules defining whether a value should be contributed to said attribute;
• and
• displaying a representation of said at least one combining policy, each of said combining policies defining a manner in which said contributed data values are combined in order to determine a final value for said attribute.