US 2017/0032293 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS PROCESS MULTIPLE VARIANT VIEW

Abstract

A method for generating a business process diagram that generates a plurality of business variants occurring within a business process. Each of the business variants includes at least one business activity. A first business variant including a most common group of business activities occurring within the plurality of business variants is determined and placed in a first variant lane on a horizontal central axis of the business process diagram. A scoring value is generated for each of the remaining plurality of business variants other than the first business variant. Each of the remaining plurality of business variants are located in a plurality of variant lanes adjacent to the first variant lane and the first variant lane responsive to the scoring values. Wherein at least a portion of the remaining plurality of business variants and the first business variant share business activities in the most common group of business activities within the business process diagram. Starting nodes and ending nodes for the first business variant and the remaining plurality of business variants are placed to avoid crossing lines within the business process diagram.

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A method for generating a business process diagram, comprising:

generating plurality of business variants occurring within a business process, each of the business variants including at least one business activity;
determining a first business variant including a most common group of business activities occurring within the plurality of business variants;
placing the first business variant in a first variant lane on a horizontal central axis of the business process diagram;
generating a scoring value for each of the remaining plurality of business variants other than the first business variant;
locating each of the remaining plurality of business variants in a plurality of variant lanes adjacent to the first variant lane responsive to the scoring values, wherein at least a portion of the remaining plurality of business variants and the first business variant share business activities in the most common group of business activities within the first variant lane of the business process diagram;
and
placing starting nodes and ending nodes for the first business variant and the remaining plurality of business variants to avoid crossing lines within the business process diagram.

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A method for generating a business process diagram, comprising:

generating plurality of business variants occurring within a business process, each of the business variants including at least one business activity;
determining a most constrained group of business activities within the plurality of business variants;
scoring each of the plurality of business variants responsive to business activity constraints within each of the plurality of business variants;
scoring each of the plurality of business variants responsive to variant constraints associated with each of the plurality of business variants;
scoring each of the plurality of business variants responsive to link constraints associated with links within each of the plurality of business variants;
generating a combined score for each of the plurality of business variants responsive to the scores based on activity constraints, variant constraints and link constraints;
and
generating the business process diagram responsive to the combined score for each of the plurality of business variants and the determined most constrained group of business activities.

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A method for generating a business process diagram, comprising:

generating plurality of business variants occurring within a business process, each of the business variants including at least one business activity;
determining a most constrained group of business activities within the plurality of business variants;
generating a combined score for each of the plurality of business variants responsive to at least one constraint associated with the business variant;
placing a first business variant in a first variant lane on a horizontal central axis of the business process diagram responsive to the most constrained group of business activities within the plurality of business variants;
locating each of the remaining plurality of business variants in a plurality of variant lanes adjacent to the first variant lane and the first variant lane responsive to the combined score, wherein at least a portion of the remaining plurality of business variants and the first business variant share business activities in the most common group of business activities within the business process diagram;
and
generating the business process diagram responsive to the placement of the first business variant and the located remaining plurality of business variants.

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System and method for business process multiple variant view

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System and method for business process multiple variant view

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