The active process repository, as noted, is a database in which information about currently active processes (and probably
completed ones, too, actually) is stored. The objects tracked will be:
- Process record
Each process has one master record. The contents of this record will be (at least):
- Name of initiator (for reporting and tracking)
- Current values (as XML BLOB or as link to another repository or as bound value records in the DBMS.)
- Date started and so forth.
- Parent process and task if this process is a subprocess.
- Task
As each task in the process is encountered during control flow, a record is created here. Technically speaking, an active
task is called a work unit but I think task is more descriptive. Task will have:
- Identifier for active process.
- The name of the user assigned to the task, and the role that user is fulfilling (in case of reassignment).
- Project status information, such as expected date/time of completion, start date.
- Possibly constraint information such as earliest or latest possible date.
- Links to deliverables in the deliverable repository.
- Links to any messages exchanged during the task (especially if the task is actually a negotiation task, which
consists of a two- or multi-way exchange.)
Well, I was going to insert a schema here, but I don't see a lot of point in drawing a schema consisting of two boxes.
If things get more complicated later, I'll draw a picture.
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