Cooperative Work Task Reallocation via Participation Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In cooperative work systems, it is challenging to determine and allocate remaining work effectively when the person in charge does not participate, leading to potential failures in completing tasks on time due to forgotten or interrupted work.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that includes an extraction unit to identify workers who have participated in cooperative editing and a request unit to allocate the remaining work to an appropriate worker based on their connection states, editing history, and availability, ensuring that the work is completed by reallocating it to a suitable participant.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the person in charge of remaining work is assigned to perform the work, then the work can be completed by the original owner, but the work may not be completed if the person does not participate in cooperative work
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically monitors participation status and triggers work reallocation when the original person in charge becomes inactive, eliminating the need for manual intervention and ensuring continuous work progress
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors whether the person in charge is participating in cooperative work and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust work allocation, realowing work to another participant when needed
2Productivity
If any worker is requested to perform remaining work, then the work can be completed, but it is hard to determine the appropriate worker to request
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically identifies suitable workers based on their participation in cooperative work and editing history, eliminating the need for manual selection and reducing allocation complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-identifies potential workers who have participated in cooperative work before reallocation is needed, so that when reallocation becomes necessary, suitable candidates are already identified and ready
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts a worker who participates in cooperative work and has performed work regarding remaining work along with a person in charge of the remaining work in a case where the person in charge of the remaining work in the cooperative work does not participate in the cooperative work, and a request unit that requests the worker extracted by the extraction unit to be in charge of the remaining work.