Method for supporting a user of a biotechnological laboratory

A data processing system for realizing a method for supporting a user of a biotechnological laboratory to execute a biotechnological experiment with a real life experiment workflow in the laboratory based on a nominal experiment workflow,

• wherein the data processing system comprises data processing modules, wherein each experiment workflow consists of at least one workflow item, each consisting of at least one workflow step, wherein each workflow step is specified by a type and/or by a required resource and/or by a parameter set consisting of at least one parameter describing the values to be set,
• wherein the data processing system comprises an offline planning module, by which in an offline planning routine, the nominal experiment workflow is defined wherein the data processing system comprises a monitoring module, by which in a monitoring routine, monitoring information relating to the real life workflow steps is retrieved from the laboratory and stored during the experiment,
• wherein the data processing system comprises an execution module, by which in an execution routine, control information is provided to the user and/or the laboratory regarding the execution of nominal workflow steps,
• wherein the data processing system comprises a noncompliance module, by which in a noncompliance routine, based on the monitoring information, noncompliance of the real life experiment workflow with the nominal experiment workflow is detected based on noncompliance criteria and in case of detection of noncompliance, a reaction routine is activated by the noncompliance module,
• wherein the offline planning module configured such that in the offline planning routine, for at least one of the nominal workflow items an allowed variability regarding at least one of the number, the type, the resource and the parameter set of the at least one nominal workflow step may be individually defined and that the noncompliance module is configured such that in the noncompliance routine, the criteria for noncompliance are fulfilled by, according to the monitoring information, a real life workflow item having moved beyond the allowed variability of the corresponding nominal workflow item of the nominal experiment workflow.