Chronicling for Process Discovery in Model Driven Business Transformation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKumar Bhaskaran, Santhosh Babu Kumaran, Gopal Sarma Pingali, Maja Vukovic
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Abstract
An electronic chronicling method and system that automatically captures, stores, and organizes various aspects of business processes in real-time. The system allows different role players to analyze, mine, and share selected performance metrics of business processes in the context of various measures involved, including users, systems, applications, processes, etc. The system enables users to analyze and utilize sortable performance metrics with varying degrees of specificity and detail. This analysis and utilization provides an efficient means for the real-time streamlining and optimization of business processes.
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A data processing system for discovering business processes, comprising:
- means for chronicling selected activities;
- means for bookmarking said activities;
- means for organizing said activities into chronicles;
- means for accessing and utilizing said chronicles;
- and
- means for analyzing said chronicles to derive statistics and summaries.
A method for discovering business processes, comprising:
- automatically capturing selected activities as they are performed;
- bookmarking said activities;
- organizing said activities into chronicles;
- accessing and utilizing said chronicles;
- and
- analyzing said chronicles to derive statistics and summaries.
A data processing system for discovering business processes, comprising:
- at least one electronic chronicling capture tool;
- an electronic chronicle repository in communication with said electronic chronicling capture tool;
- a chronicle navigator in communication with said electronic chronicle repository;
- and
- an analysis and mining tool in communication with said electronic chronicle repository.
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
- automatically capture selected activities as they are performed using at least one electronic chronicling tool;
- organize said captured activities into chronicles in an electronic chronicle repository;
- access and utilize said chronicles with a chronicle navigator;
- and
- analyze said chronicles with an analysis and mining tool to derive statistics and summaries.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.