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Management of variants of an enterprise process

US8650533B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 2010
Grant dateFeb 11, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/0633
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method can include receiving an indicator that an enterprise process has been selected from a plurality of enterprise processes, and receiving an enterprise process value defining at least a portion of a mandatory process step associated with a mandatory portion of the enterprise process, and an enterprise process parameter value defining at least a portion of an optional process step related to the mandatory process step. The method can include receiving an indicator that a filter from a set of filters has been selected, and defining a representation of the mandatory process step and a representation of the optional process step in response to the filter being selected. The method can also include receiving an indicator that the optional process step has been selected for binding to the mandatory portion of the enterprise process in a variant of the enterprise process.

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