Hierarchical Process Flow Logic for Dynamic Conflict Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional process flow systems are static, linear, and lack multi-dimensional, collaborative, and interconnected features, failing to provide data-driven and dynamic capabilities for capturing, visualizing, and assessing the interdependent aspects of process flows.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for creating dynamic, hierarchical process models that utilize logic-based parameters to construct and visualize process flows, incorporating user stories, functional requirements, and documentation, enabling aggregation and dissemination of information across enterprise levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional process flow systems use static, linear layouts, then the system structure is simple and easy to operate, but the system cannot capture or visualize interdependent aspects of dynamic processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from conventional two-dimensional linear process flow diagrams to a three-dimensional hierarchical structure with multiple layers (Enterprise Level, Business Process Level, Task Level). This dimensional expansion enables simultaneous visualization of process interdependencies, temporal relationships, and organizational context, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested hierarchical structure where lower-level tasks are contained within business processes, which are contained within enterprise-level functions. This nesting approach allows complex dynamic processes to be organized into manageable hierarchical units, maintaining operational simplicity while capturing comprehensive process interdependencies.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional systems provide sequential process flow views, then the layout is simple and easy to operate, but the system does not provide opportunities for data-driven dynamic features or multi-dimensional visualization
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates hierarchical process models, assigns tasks, and creates visualizations based on input data without requiring extensive manual configuration. The system self-adjusts the hierarchical structure and visual representations, reducing the operational burden on users while providing sophisticated data-driven dynamic features.
Solution Approach 2:
The hierarchical process model serves multiple functions simultaneously: it organizes processes hierarchically, enables data-driven analysis, provides multi-dimensional visualization, and facilitates collaborative editing. This multi-functionality allows the system to offer advanced capabilities without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
3Reliability
If conventional process flow applications are static and linear, then the system is simple to implement and operate, but the system cannot provide comprehensive assessment of process quality and feasibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the process assessment into distinct hierarchical levels (Enterprise Level, Business Process Level, Task Level), each with specific assessment criteria. This segmentation allows comprehensive quality and feasibility assessment to be conducted systematically across different process dimensions while maintaining manageable complexity through structured organization.
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AI summary
A network system that provides logic-based parameters for dynamic digital construction of hierarchical process flows. The hierarchical arrangement organizes a process flow into enterprise hierarchy structures. The system will automatically capture rules and objectives configured in a rules database and apply the rules and objectives across the process flows. When conflicts are detected based on the rules and the parameters of the process flows, the system provides a smart signal to notify a user of the nature of the conflict.