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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1998
Ted G Lautzenheiser, Forest Lake, MN (US);
David R Lacy, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for modeling activities of people in an organization. The organization is modeled using definitions of processes performed by the organization, definitions of data elements generated by the entities performing the processes, and definitions of relationships between the data elements generated and the processes. Each relationship definition symbolizes a data element provided by a first one of the processes and required by a second one of the processes. In an example embodiment, the database is accessible to a server system, and a client system is coupled to the server system. Responsive to an input control signal at the client system, a request is sent to the server system for organization modeling data. The client system displays the organization modeling data, wherein processes are depicted as nodes on a graph and the data elements are depicted as directed edges connecting nodes. The system also models events that cause transitions between the processes.