Method of constructing and executing process

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of constructing and executing a process. A conventional process is minutely divided into minimum unit subprocesses, and the minutely divided subprocesses are classified into a decision subprocesses and a routine subprocess by whether they require decision-making. Any subprocess which is executable using the setup condition in a specific decision subprocess is classified into the routine subprocess in such a manner that the classified routine subprocess follows on the specific decision subprocess. One or a series of decision subprocesses are combined with one or a series of routine subprocesses which are executable on the condition of the completion of the decision subprocesses to form one unit process, and a job-support computer program is created to allow the plurality of subprocesses included in the one unit process to be successively executed. A plurality of subprocesses which are executable in accordance with common input data are detected from the minutely divided minimum unit subprocesses, and a job flow is constructed to allow the respective jobs in the plurality of subprocesses to be simultaneously initiated and executed in parallel. The present invention can drastically reduce the lead-time of a process while facilitating execution of the entire process with high efficiency.

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       14 . A method of constructing and executing a process comprising the steps of:
 dividing a given process into a plurality of minimum unit subprocesses;   classifying the minimum unit subprocesses into a decision subprocess requiring a decision-making for executing a job therein and a routine subprocess executable according to a predetermined procedure without any decision-making;   verifying whether each of the routine subprocesses including the given process is essential for executing the entire given process, to select only the routine subprocesses verified as essential, and storing the information on the selected routine subprocesses into a storage section of a computer in the form of computer-readable digital data;   defining a plurality of standardized jobs corresponding, respectively, to a plurality of parametric conditional values for an initial condition for a decision job in each of the decision subprocesses, and storing the information on the plurality of parametric conditional values and corresponding standardized jobs into the storage section of the computer in the form of computer-readable digital data;   constructing a job flow to allow the decision job in each of the decision subprocesses to be executed under the support of the computer by setting up the initial condition for the decision job as an input of the computer in accordance with the digital data of the standardized jobs, and storing the job flow into the storage section of the computer in the form of computer-readable data;   analyzing the plurality of divided minimum unit subprocesses to detect and classify the minimum unit subprocesses which are executable in accordance with common input data, and storing the information on the classified subprocesses into the storage section of the computer in the form of computer-readable digital data;   constructing a job flow to allow the respective jobs in the plurality of subprocesses classified in the analyzing step, which is executable in accordance with common input data, to be simultaneously initiated and executed in parallel under the support of the computer, and storing the job flow into the storage section of the computer in the form of computer-readable digital data;   reading the data of the job flows from the storage section of the computer and constructing a job sequence for the unit subprocesses to create a job-support computer program for allowing all of the subprocesses to be successively executed under the support of the job-support computer program; and   entering the initial condition for the decision Job and processing according to the job-support computer program to execute all of the unit subprocesses to complete the process.   
   
   
       15 . A method of constructing and executing a process comprising the steps of:
 dividing the process into a plurality of unit subprocesses consisting of one or more decision subprocesses requiring to a decision-making for executing each ofjobs thereof and one or more routine subprocesses executable according to a predetermined procedure without any decision-making, and storing the information on the divided subprocesses into a storage section of a computer in the form of computer-readable data;   combining one or a series of the decision subprocesses with one or a series of the routine subprocesses executable on the condition of the completion of corresponding the decision subprocesses to form one unit process, creating a job-support computer program to allow the decision and routine subprocesses included in the one unit process to be successively executed, so that the plurality of unit processes can be executed in a predetermined sequential order under the support of the computer, and storing the computer program into the storage section of the computer; and   operating the job-support computer program whereby one of the unit process is executed under the support of the job-support computer program and the unit processes following on the executed unit process are executed under the support of the job-support computer program to complete the process.   
   
   
       16 . A computer program product stored in a computer storage media comprising a job-support computer program having a first computer-readable data representing a process which is divided into a plurality of unit subprocesses consisting of one or more decision subprocesses requiring to set up an unknown condition in the execution of each of jobs thereof and one or more routine subprocesses executable according to a predetermined procedure without any decision-making; and second computer-readable data representing any subprocess which is executable using the setup condition in specific one of the decision subprocesses, and classified into the routine subprocess in such a manner that the classified routine subprocess follows on the specific decision subprocess, wherein one or a series of the decision subprocesses are combined with one or a series of the routine subprocesses executable on the condition of the completion of corresponding the decision subprocesses to form one unit process, in accordance with the first and second data, so as to allow the plurality of subprocesses included in the one unit process to be successively executed. 
   
   
       17 . A computer program product stored in a computer storage media comprising a job-support computer program having a first computer-readable digital data representing a known process which is divided into a plurality of minimum unit subprocesses, wherein the plurality of divided minimum unit subprocesses are classified into a decision subprocess requiring a decision-making for executing a job therein and a routine subprocess which is executable according to a predetermined procedure without any decision-making; second computer-readable digital data representing a plurality of parametric conditional values for an initial condition for a decision job in each of the decision subprocesses, and a plurality of standardized jobs corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of conditional values; third computer-readable digital data representing a job flow constructed to allow the decision job in each of the decision subprocesses to be executed by setting up the initial condition for the decision job in accordance with the digital data of the standardized jobs; fourth computer-readable digital data representing the minimum unit subprocesses executable in accordance with common input data, wherein the minimum unit subprocesses are extracted from the plurality of divided minimum unit subprocesses and classified through the analysis of the plurality of divided minimum unit subprocesses; and fifth computer-readable digital data representing a job flow constructed to allow the respective jobs in the plurality of subprocesses which are executable in accordance with common input data to be simultaneously initiated and executed in parallel, wherein a job sequence for the unit subprocesses is constructed in accordance with the fifth computer-readable digital data representing the job flow to allow all of the subprocesses to be successively executed. 
   
   
       18 . A computer program product stored in a computer storage media comprising a first computer-readable data representing a process which is divided into a plurality of unit subprocesses consisting of one or more decision subprocesses requiring a decision-making for executing each of jobs thereof and one or more routine subprocesses which are executable according to a predetermined procedure without any decision-making, wherein one or a series of the decision subprocesses are combined with one or a series of the routine subprocesses which are executable on the condition of the completion of corresponding the decision subprocesses to form one unit process, to allow the decision and routine subprocesses included in the one unit process to be successively executed, so that the plurality of unit processes can be executed in a predetermined sequential order. 
   
   
       19 . The computer program product stored in a computer storage media of  claim 16  wherein the job-support computer program is configured to provide a window for prompting a user to enter a condition required for executing the decision subprocess on a screen of a computer. 
   
   
       20 . The computer program product stored in a computer storage media of  claim 17  wherein the job-support computer program is configured to provide a window for prompting a user to enter a condition required for executing the decision subprocess on a screen of a computer. 
   
   
       21 . The computer program product stored in a computer storage media of  claim 18  wherein the job-support computer program is configured to provide a window for prompting a user to enter a condition required for executing the decision subprocess on a screen of a computer.