Business process guide and record

A system comprising:

• at least one programmable processor;
• and
• a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
• accessing a definition of a business process, the definition comprising a designation of a plurality of process steps required for completion of the business process, one or more feature modules of an enterprise resource planning software system providing functionality relating to a specific process step of the plurality of process steps, and an order in which the plurality of process steps are to be executed, at least two of the plurality of process steps requiring action by different feature modules of the enterprise resource planning software system;
• displaying, concurrently via a user interface presented on a computer display device, a work frame and a business process guidance frame, the business process guidance frame comprising a first plurality of user interface elements arranged within the business process guidance frame, each the first plurality of user interface elements corresponding to one of the plurality of process steps, each of the first plurality of user interface elements further providing an indication of a current status of the corresponding one of the plurality of process steps for a selected instance of the business process;
• receiving a user selection of one of the first plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the specific process step;
• displaying, in the work frame, a user workspace comprising a second plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the functionality provided by the one or more feature modules of the enterprise resource planning software system that is related to the specific process step.

A method comprising:

• accessing a definition of a business process, the definition comprising a designation of a plurality of process steps required for completion of the business process, one or more feature modules of an enterprise resource planning software system providing functionality relating to a specific process step of the plurality of process steps, and an order in which the plurality of process steps are to be executed, at least two of the plurality of process steps requiring action by different feature modules of the enterprise resource planning software system;
• displaying, concurrently via a user interface presented on a computer display device, a work frame and a business process guidance frame, the business process guidance frame comprising a first plurality of user interface elements arranged within the business process guidance frame, each the first plurality of user interface elements corresponding to one of the plurality of process steps, each of the first plurality of user interface elements further providing an indication of a current status of the corresponding one of the plurality of process steps for a selected instance of the business process;
• receiving a user selection of one of the first plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the specific process step;
• displaying, in the work frame, a user workspace comprising a second plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the functionality provided by the one or more feature modules of the enterprise resource planning software system that is related to the specific process step.