Information Processing System Workflow Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
User operations during a series of processes on a file can inadvertently cause failures in subsequent processes, as existing systems do not effectively manage or control user interactions that affect the execution of predetermined workflows.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system with processors that arrange request units for processes in sequence and exert control over user operations to prevent interference with subsequent processes, by prohibiting or notifying users of operations that could lead to failures and offering alternative actions to ensure smooth workflow execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users are allowed to perform operations during a series of processes, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to potential failures in subsequent processes
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary anti-action by detecting user operations that may cause failures in subsequent processes before they occur. When a potential harmful operation is detected, the system proactively displays a warning message to the user, preventing the operation from causing workflow failure. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining user operation freedom while preventing reliability deterioration through advance intervention.
2Reliability
If the system controls user operations to prevent failures, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to restrictions on user actions
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies dynamics by making the control mechanism adaptive rather than static. Instead of uniformly restricting all user operations, the system dynamically evaluates each user operation to determine if it may cause a failure in subsequent processes. Only operations that pose a risk are restricted with warning messages, while safe operations proceed without interference. This resolves the contradiction by improving reliability through targeted control while minimizing impact on ease of operation.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes one or more processors configured to: when a series of processes on a file are defined in advance, the series of processes including a first process and a second process, the second process being performed after execution of the first process, arrange a first request unit and a second request unit on a display unit in this sequence, the first request unit being used to request the first process, the second request unit being used to request the second process; and, after the first process is requested by using the first request unit, until the second process is requested by using the second request unit, exert control related to a user operation on the basis of the second process.