Workflow Template Generation with Deviation Threshold Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing workflow management systems lack flexibility and consistency in generating templates for business processes, leading to inefficiencies and inconsistencies across different years, especially in large enterprises handling vast amounts of data and complex workflows.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating structured workflow templates that auto-suggest and update templates based on user interactions, comparing deviations from predefined thresholds to ensure consistency and adaptability to evolving business requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If workflow templates are manually created and customized for each business process, then flexibility and adaptability to specific business requirements are improved, but consistency across different workflows and years deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating workflow templates based on historical data and predefined patterns before users need them. This automation ensures that templates are consistently structured while still being adaptable to specific business requirements through configuration options.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by allowing users to modify template configurations within standardized frameworks. This enables flexibility in adapting templates to specific business processes while maintaining overall structural consistency through controlled parameter adjustments rather than complete manual recreation.
2Stability of the object's composition
If workflow templates are standardized and automated, then consistency across different workflows and years is improved, but flexibility and adaptability to evolving business requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies dynamics by making templates adaptable through configuration parameters and user customization options. Templates maintain standardized structures for consistency but can be dynamically adjusted to accommodate evolving business requirements, combining both stability and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system achieves universality by creating templates that serve multiple purposes across different workflows while maintaining consistency. A single template framework can be applied to various business processes with appropriate parameter adjustments, providing both standardization and adaptability.
3Device complexity
If legacy approaches are used for workflow management, then device complexity and implementation effort are reduced, but productivity and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies self-service by automatically generating workflow templates using historical data and predefined patterns without requiring extensive manual configuration. This automation reduces implementation complexity while significantly improving productivity by eliminating repetitive manual template creation tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying by replicating successful workflow patterns from historical data to create new templates. This approach maintains low complexity by reusing proven structures while improving productivity through automated template generation rather than manual creation for each workflow.
4Adaptability or versatility
If manual template creation is performed for each workflow, then adaptability to specific business requirements is improved, but loss of time and operational efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring template structures and patterns based on historical workflows. This allows rapid deployment of customized templates without time-consuming manual creation, maintaining adaptability while significantly reducing time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying to replicate established workflow patterns from historical data, enabling quick customization of templates for new workflows. This approach maintains adaptability to specific business requirements while eliminating the time-consuming process of manual template creation from scratch.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a method for generating templates for workflows associated with operations of a business enterprise. The method comprises selecting a workflow to be performed by one or more users. The method further comprises selecting a layout template comprising one or more user-interactive objects. The method further comprises selecting a chapter template associating the one or more user-interactive objects to data to be rendered on the selected layout template, wherein the data and the one or more user-interactive objects are associated with the one or more workflows selected by the one or more users. The method further comprises updating the chapter template by adding supplementary data to complete the one or more workflows and determining if the updated chapter template deviates from a standard chapter template beyond a pre-defined threshold, wherein the standard chapter template is a stored baseline template. In response to determining that the updated chapter template deviates from the standard chapter template beyond the pre-defined threshold, the method comprises notifying the one or more users and saving the updated chapter template as a new chapter template for the one or more workflows. A system for generating workflow templates for workflow applications is also disclosed.