Method and framework for model specification, consistency checking and coordination of business processes

US7503032B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kumar Bhaskaran · Englewood, US
• Guillermo Gallego · Ridgewood, US
• Ying Huang · Yorktown Heights, US
• Ying Tat Leung · Saratoga, US
• Nitin Nayak · Ossining, US
• Sanjay Elathur Ramaswamy · Elmsford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 10, 2009
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0202
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer implemented system analysis and design method for use in a complex business environment characterized by a set of tightly linked business processes captures in a framework a world view of a business decision and/or a business application software system. A world view is defined by business objectives, constraints, assumptions, data, and underlying model used in business decision and/or the application software system. The framework is used to specify and document each business decision and/or business application software system in the complex environment. A BDML (Business Decision Markup Language) is used to implement the framework for specifying the world view of a business decision and/or a business application software system. A BDML processor comprises a syntax processor that checks the syntax correctness and syntax consistency within an individual and between different documents written in BDML, a logic processor that checks logical consistency between different documents written in BDML, in terms of the business objectives, constraints, assumptions, data, and underlying model among the different documents, and a knowledge-based processor including a knowledge base…