Detecting wasteful data collection

A method comprising:

• associating a plurality of expected inputs with respective process activities of a logical process model comprising a logically structured series of process activities in a process to be performed by a process system, each expected input being indicative of collection of a corresponding data element during execution of the associated process activity;
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• using one or more processors, analyzing expected inputs associated with two or more of the process activities, to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs associated with the logical process model, each duplicate expected input being one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input with respect to a common corresponding data element, the duplicate expected input and the at least one other expected input being associated with different process activities.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• associate a plurality of expected inputs with respective process activities of a logical process model comprising a logically structured series of process activities in a process to be performed by a process system, each expected input being indicative of collection of a corresponding data element during execution of the associated process activity;
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• analyze expected inputs associated with two or more of the process activities, to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs associated with the logical process model, each duplicate expected input being one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input with respect to a common corresponding data element, the duplicate expected input and the at least one other expected input being associated with different process activities.