Workflow management and task tracking

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for processing data information, such that the instructions, when carried out by a processing device, enable the processing device to perform operations of:

• receiving a set of interconnected flowchart elements defining a workflow;
• identifying, in the set of interconnected flowchart elements, a particular flowchart element representing a task to be jointly executed by multiple users;
• obtaining a list specifying the multiple users that are to jointly execute the task;
• providing notification to the multiple users that the task is to be jointly executed by the multiple users;
• obtaining a completion policy assigned to the particular flowchart element, the completion policy specifying conditions that must be completed to complete the task, weighted values for each of the multiple users, and a threshold value;
• receiving an approval signifying completion of a condition of the task from a first user of the multiple users that are to jointly execute the task;
• determining an approval value based at least in part on the weighted values for each of the multiple users that signified completion of a respective condition of the task;
• in the event that the approval value is less than the threshold value, storing status information indicating that the task has not yet been completed;
• and
• in the event that the approval value is greater than the threshold value, storing status information indicating that the task has been completed.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory unit that stores instructions associated with an application executed by the processor;
• and
• an interconnect coupling the processor and the memory unit, enabling the computer system to execute the application and perform operations of:
• receiving a set of interconnected flowchart elements defining a workflow;
• identifying, in the set of interconnected flowchart elements, a particular flowchart element representing a task to be jointly executed by multiple users;
• obtaining a list specifying the multiple users that are to jointly execute the task;
• providing notification to the multiple users that the task is to be jointly executed by the multiple users;
• obtaining a completion policy assigned to the particular flowchart element, the completion policy specifying conditions that must be completed to complete the task, weighted values for each of the multiple users, and a threshold value;
• receiving an approval signifying completion of a condition of the task from a first user of the multiple users that are to jointly execute the task;
• determining an approval value based at least in part on the weighted values for each of the multiple users that signified completion of a respective condition of the task;
• in the event that the approval value is less than the threshold value, storing status information indicating that the task has not yet been completed;
• and
• in the event that the approval value is greater than the threshold value, storing status information indicating that the task has been completed.