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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2003
Karsten Schulz, Middle Park, AU;
Maria E. Orlowska, Brookfield, AU;
Karsten Schulz, Middle Park, AU;
Maria E. Orlowska, Brookfield, AU;
SAP Aktiengesellschaft, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Techniques for making transformations between combined and individual workflows are described. For example, a first party, such as a first enterprise, may have a pre-determined workflow designed to implement a plurality of tasks. Similarly, a second party may have its own pre-determined workflow designed to implement a separate plurality of tasks. All of the tasks associated with the first workflow and the second workflow may be combined into a combined workflow having a task order that, when executed, provides a desired result of a business collaboration between the first party and the second party. Ordering tasks operable to implement the order of the combined workflow also may be added to achieve the desired result. Conversely, a workflow, such as a combined workflow associated with the first party and the second party, may be split into separate workflows that are individually associated with the first party and the second party, to thereby better allocate resources for completion of the combined workflow.