WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT PROGRAM EMBODIED ON A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

摘要

In order to provide the information for allowing smooth execution of a plurality of processes defined by a workflow, a workflow management apparatus includes a workflow accepting portion to accept and store a workflow, an identification information obtaining portion to obtain identification information for identifying a worker, an execution workflow extracting portion to extract from the workflows an execution workflow which assigns a target process that is to be the object of execution to the worker of the obtained identification information, a schedule obtaining portion to obtain a schedule of a worker assigned to a post-process that comes later in sequential order than the target process defined by the execution workflow, a deadline deciding portion to decide on a deadline for the execution of the target process based on the obtained schedule, and a notifying portion to notify the decided deadline to the worker to whom the target process is assigned.