Content management system and content management method

A content management system which manages a work situation with respect to a content editing device that carries out a work of editing contents, the system comprising:

• a database which registers in advance a user management table that indicates information including authentication identification information and processing privileges at the time of an access with respect to each one of registered users, and a content management table that indicates, as work information on the contents, a work item that can be processed for each processing privilege and a work situation of each one of the work items in a format of template;
• authentication means for, when an access has been made to the content editing device, authenticating an accessing user by referring to the user management table of the database;
• processing privilege judgment means for, if the accessing user is the registered user, judging a processing privilege assigned to the registered user by referring to the user management table;
• template selection means for selecting a template that corresponds to the processing privilege judged by the judgment means by referring to the content management table;
• and
• template update means for displaying a work item indicated by the template, grasping execution of a work corresponding to each one of the work items, and storing a work history thereof in a corresponding item of the template, wherein
• the template update means indicates the work history in the corresponding item of the template at the time of an access from the same user.