JP2003271788A - Device, method, and program for hierarchical item information management, and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the contents of hierarchically displayed items freely addable and correctable while holding the contents. <P>SOLUTION: When a new activity item is added while the relation to other activity items is specified, one of displayed activity items is selected (thick-line frame in Fig. 4 (a)) and an activity item new addition instruction part 331 instructs to newly add it (Fig. 4 (b)). At this time, the new addition instruction is grasped and activity item information to which a new record and a duplicate record are added is generated. In concrete, it is judged whether or not the activity 1 as the selected activity item is a leaf (node having no child node); when so, a duplicate node ('other') of the activity 1 is added as a child node of the activity 1 and a new activity item ('No Name') is added as a child node of the activity 1. Then the activity item information is displayed at an activity item information display part 301 together with the inter-activity relation and a consumed time (Fig. 4 (c)). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention In the field of attendance management system, work process management system, etc., the present invention allows additional addition and correction of a plurality of activity items which are hierarchically displayed and managed, while being retained. The present invention relates to a hierarchical item information management device, a hierarchical item information management method, a hierarchical item information management program, and a computer-readable recording medium for enabling execution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, attendance information management systems include a system for recording the attendance time of workers by a time recorder using a printing card, a magnetic card, an IC card, or the like.
There was an attendance management system to keep the time required for work as history and utilize it as personnel data.

When using these systems, it is desirable for the operator to input information such as time in a self-reported manner for the purpose of reducing management costs. As means for that purpose, see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-68277. As described in "Data input method and device", use the mobile terminal, download the management task items from the server for business management to the mobile terminal, and the operator operates the mobile input device to manage each item. A method has been proposed in which the work start time and end time of a work item and the work content are input and later uploaded to a computer. Furthermore, in the "time management system" described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-325870, the activity time of employees is recorded by the device configuration using a client / server system such as the Web, and work time data is created for each employee. However, a system has been proposed in which, based on the spending time for each work of a plurality of employees, the spending time in the execution work of the entire department is totaled, and the labor cost by work is totaled from the hourly unit price of the employees.

Further, regarding a method and apparatus for inputting time information regarding a scheduled activity item such as a schedule, as in "Time information input apparatus and method and electronic apparatus" described in Japanese Patent No. 3112296, a schedule is provided. Enter the message in a mode that specifies both the start date and time and the end date and time, and in the mode that specifies the date but not the time. Means and methods for displaying as a schedule have been proposed.

Regarding the method of displaying work items and work processes, the method of displaying activities as a list, such as a To-do list, and the assembly process, etc., can be regarded as an aggregation of a plurality of works. There is a method to display the relationship for each by a hierarchical structure, and as a method of totaling the time required for the work, as in "Editing and storing method of process information" described in JP-A-7-239878, products can be A method of editing and storing process information has been proposed, which is characterized by totalizing the working time required for each of the constituent parts and adding the process information to a related database as part information.

On the other hand, the speeding up of technological innovation cycles in recent years,
In an environment of diversifying customer needs, projects are becoming larger and more complex. Under such circumstances, when managing the activity time history as in attendance management, it is desirable that the display management of activity items be a display method with a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. This is because the flow display as shown in FIG. 27 (c) is suitable for displaying processes, but in the case of activities that are repeatedly performed at intervals, it is necessary to describe the same activity item in duplicate, which is essential for activities. It is not suitable for recording information such as the history of time taken. Also, FIG.
In the list display as shown in 7 (a), since the activity items are listed, the management becomes difficult when the number of items increases. On the other hand, the hierarchical display shown in FIG. 27 (b) can be used in a method of describing an upper item in a form in which lower items are aggregated. Therefore, particularly, large-scale or various tasks are performed concurrently. Suitable for time management and process control.

[0007]

However, in the field of use envisioned by the present invention, it is assumed that the above-mentioned conventional technique is used to hierarchically display the display of items and to input a time history for each of those items. In this case, the activity items displayed hierarchically as shown in FIG.
When a new activity item called item 4 is added below item 2 in (a), there is no means for displaying and controlling the information of item 2 that has been input and stored until then. As shown in item 4 and FIG.
28 and the total of item 2 are displayed as the information of item 2 as shown in FIG.

[0008] For example, "time information input device and method, and electronic device" described in Japanese Patent No. 3112296.
Relates to a device and method for inputting time information, but in the field of application envisioned by the present invention, when hierarchically managing activity item information, a control means having an appropriate hierarchical structure is required, It is not possible to freely add and modify the activity items intended by the present invention.

In such a case, it is desirable that the item 2 in FIG. 28 (a) is displayed while the contents are retained as shown in FIG. This is because it is possible to correct the item 2 in the state (right side) after the display control shown in FIG. 29, but it is impossible to directly correct the information of the item 2 in the state of FIG. 28B.

Further, as shown in FIG. 28C, if the item information of the addition destination is not held and the items of the upper layer always collect and display and control the information of the items of the lower layer,
Every time a new item is added, the registered information is lost.

Such a request for addition or correction of information is likely to occur in the field of use envisioned by the present invention.
Especially in recent years when technological innovation and customer demand change rapidly, it is rare that the execution work is decided from the beginning of the project planning, and as the work progresses, new tasks that were not anticipated at the time of planning are newly added. There are many cases where it is done.

[0012] Further, the employment form of the individual is also an organization-led type,
In the process of shifting to an individual-led employment form, it is difficult for the project manager to manage the process by defining the task / subtask by defining the task / subtask, and it is difficult to manage the work at the individual level. Management is becoming essential. However, at the individual level, various unexpected tasks occur every day, and it is very difficult to assume these from the beginning of the task. Therefore, there has been a demand for a business management system capable of easily adding and modifying the activity items to be carried out while retaining the information registered in the past even during the performance of the business.

Further, there is proposed a method of totalizing the time required for the work for each process, such as the "method of editing and storing process information" described in JP-A-7-239878. The activity structure shown in a) is newly added to FIG.
When the information of item 2 in 8 (b) is added, unless a method for appropriately controlling the relationship between items associated with the addition is provided, as shown in FIG. 28 (c), item 2 in FIG. Information will be lost.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in an attendance management system and a process management system, additions and corrections of hierarchically displayed items can be performed while maintaining the contents of the hierarchically displayed items. An object of the present invention is to provide a hierarchical item information management device, a hierarchical item information management method, a hierarchical item information management program, and a computer-readable recording medium that can be freely performed.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, a hierarchical item information management apparatus according to the present invention is a hierarchical item information management apparatus for managing item information having a hierarchical relationship, Display item information storage means for storing item information to be managed, inter-item relation information storage means for storing inter-item relation information describing relations between items, and item information stored in the item information storage means And a display control means for controlling to display the item information related to each other on the item information display means based on the item relationship information stored in the item relationship information storage means. And an item designating means for designating any one of the item information displayed on the item information displaying means, and the inter-item relation information of the item information designated by the item designating means. Eye inter relationship information editing means, characterized by having a a inter-item relation information registration means for registering inter-item relationship information edited into the inter-item relation information storage means by the inter-item relation information editing means.

Further, in the hierarchical item information management device according to the present invention, when the inter-item relationship information editing means edits the inter-item relationship information, the item information to be edited is set to other item information having no lower item. In the case where the item information is a lower item, the other item information is duplicated and stored in the item information storage means, and the item information obtained by the duplication is made a lower item with respect to the other item information of the copy source. It is characterized by further comprising an inter-item relationship editing control means for storing the inter-item relationship information of (1) as inter-item relationship information relating to the item information obtained by the duplication in the inter-item relationship information storage means.

In the hierarchical item information management device according to the present invention, the inter-item relationship editing control means, when duplicating other item information which does not have the subordinate item, all information regarding the item or selectively When a part of the information is duplicated and an item is designated by the item designating means, the information on the designated item is edited.

Further, the hierarchical item information management device according to the present invention includes, as item information, a time history information input means for inputting an execution start time or an execution end time of an item related to an activity, and the time history information input means. It is characterized by further comprising time history information registration means for registering the time information input by the above in the item information storage means as item information regarding an item relating to the activity.

Further, the hierarchical item information management device according to the present invention includes a spending time totaling means for totaling the spending time required for executing the item related to the activity, based on the time information stored as the item information. The expense consumption time obtained by the expense consumption time aggregation means is stored in the expense consumption time information registration means for registering the expense consumption time information in the item information storage means as item information about the item related to the activity, and in the inter-item relation information storage means. An item in which the spending time for the lower item with respect to the target higher item is totaled based on the inter-item relation information, and the total spending time information obtained by the tabulation is registered in the item information storage means as item information for the higher item. It is characterized by further comprising inter-time information tabulation and registration means.

According to the above configuration, the item information is managed hierarchically in the midst of the project becoming large-scaled and complicated due to the recent acceleration of technological innovation cycle and the environment of diversification of customer needs. This makes it possible to grasp the relationship between items because the items are grouped rather than listed like a list. In addition, when adding a new item to the item information displayed hierarchically or changing the hierarchical structure, it is possible to handle the information while retaining the item information that has been entered in advance. It is possible to add and modify item information freely, and to provide a consistent display such that upper items always represent aggregated information of lower items, so provide a user interface that is easy for users to understand. You can

That is, according to the present invention, in the attendance management system, the process management system, and the business process improvement system, it is possible to freely add the items and change the relationship between the items while appropriately retaining the information recorded in the past. Hierarchical management of various item information can be realized. In addition, in the item information that is hierarchically managed and displayed in the attendance management system and process management system, when adding item information to the end item information, items that include time information for items that already have time information registered Since the information is retained and displayed as a copy, the item information can be added and modified freely.

The above item information includes the activity item name,
The activity information, time information such as the start time and end time of the activity is included, and the item information storage means is a hard disk or a memory, and the storage location may be local or on a network. Further, as the time information, the execution start time and the execution end time of the item are input, but the interruption time and the restart time of the item may be input. At that time, it is desirable that the expense-consumption time totaling means aggregates the expense-consumption time required for the item based on the time information.

As a method of displaying the relationship between activities, even if the tree structure as shown in FIG.
The list may be a list of lower-level items as shown in (b), but it is preferable that the relationship between activities is expressed by a hierarchical relationship expression. Furthermore, as the relationship information between activities, reference information for mutual item information is described.
A method of holding an ID unique to the reference data as the activity relationship information may be used.

Further, in the item information duplicated by the above item relation editing control means, the item name may be the same as that before the duplication, but another item name is described in the item information or before the duplication. It is desirable that the item name related to the item information of is described in the item information.

By the way, the invention relating to the above-mentioned hierarchical item information management device can be understood as an invention relating to the following hierarchical item information management method and an invention relating to the hierarchical item information management program. These are based on substantially the same technical idea, and have the same action and effect.

That is, in order to achieve the above object, the hierarchical item information management method according to the present invention is an item information storage means for storing item information having a hierarchical relationship, and an item describing a relationship between items. A hierarchical item information management method in a hierarchical item information management device for managing item information, comprising: inter-item relationship information storage means for storing inter-item relationship information; and item information display means for displaying item information. Whichever of the displayed item information and the display step of displaying the item information related to each other on the item information display unit based on the item relationship information stored in the item relationship information storage unit. The item designation receiving step for receiving the designation of the item information, the inter-item relation information editing step for editing the item relation information of the designated item information, and the edited item relation information And having a inter-item relation information registration step of registering the eye between related information storage unit.

In the hierarchical item information management method according to the present invention, when the item information to be edited is a lower item with respect to other item information having no lower item in the inter-item relationship information editing step, the other items Item information of the item is duplicated and stored in the item information storage means, and the item relation information indicating that the item information obtained by the duplication is a subordinate item to the other item information of the duplication source is copied by the duplication. It is characterized in that it is stored in the inter-item relation information storage means as inter-item relation information regarding the obtained item information.

Further, in the hierarchical item information management method according to the present invention, in the case of duplicating other item information having no lower item in the item relation information editing step, all information regarding the item or selectively When a part of the information is duplicated and an item is designated by the item designating means, the information on the designated item is edited.

Further, the hierarchical item information management method according to the present invention includes, as the item information, a time input accepting step of accepting an execution start time or an execution end time of an item related to an activity, and the input time information. It is characterized by further comprising a time history information registration step of registering in the item information storage means as item information about an item related to an activity.

Further, the hierarchical item information management method according to the present invention includes a cost consumption time totaling step of totaling the cost consumption time required to execute the item related to the activity based on the time information stored as the item information. Based on the expense consumption time information registration step of registering the expense consumption time obtained by tabulation in the item information storage means as item information about the item related to the activity, and the inter-item relation information stored in the inter-item relation information storage means. Total time consumption step of totaling the consumption time of the lower item with respect to the target higher level item, and the total time of registering the total consumption time information obtained by the aggregation as the item information of the higher level item in the item information storage means. And a registration step.

In order to achieve the above object, the hierarchical item information management program according to the present invention is an item information storage means for storing item information having a hierarchical relationship, and an inter-item relationship describing the relationship between items. An inter-item relationship information storage unit that stores information, and an item information display unit for displaying the item information stored in the item information storage unit, and a hierarchical item information management device that manages the item information. A hierarchical item information management program to be executed by a built-in computer, the item information displaying the item information associated with each other based on the item relationship information stored in the item relationship information storage means. A display step to be displayed on the means, an item designation receiving step for receiving designation of any item information from the displayed item information, and a designated item information Causing the computer to execute an inter-item relationship information editing step of editing the inter-item relationship information and an inter-item relationship information registration step of registering the edited inter-item relationship information in the inter-item relationship information storage means. Characterize.

In the hierarchical item information management program according to the present invention, when the item information to be edited is a lower item with respect to another item information having no lower item in the item relation information editing step, the other items Item information of the item is duplicated and stored in the item information storage means, and the item relation information indicating that the item information obtained by the duplication is a subordinate item to the other item information of the duplication source is copied by the duplication. It is characterized in that it is stored in the inter-item relation information storage means as inter-item relation information regarding the obtained item information.

Further, in the hierarchical item information management program according to the present invention, when the other item information having no subordinate item is duplicated in the inter-item relationship information editing step,
All the information about the item or a part of the information is selectively copied, and when the item is designated by the item designating means, the information about the designated item is edited.

The hierarchical item information management program according to the present invention further includes, as the item information, a time input receiving step for receiving an input of an execution start time or an execution end time of an item related to an activity, and the input time information. A time history information registration step of registering in the item information storage means as item information about an item related to an activity is further executed by the computer.

Further, the hierarchical item information management program according to the present invention includes a cost consumption time totaling step of totaling the cost consumption time required to execute the item related to the activity based on the time information stored as the item information. Based on the spending time information registration step of registering the spending time obtained by tabulation in the item information storage means as item information about the item related to the activity, and the inter-item relationship information stored in the inter-item relationship information storage means. A total time totaling step of totaling the spending time of the lower item with respect to the target upper item, and the total time of registering the total spending time information obtained by the totaling in the item information storage means as the item information of the higher item. The step of registering is further executed by the computer.

Further, the present invention can be regarded as an invention of a computer-readable recording medium, and one of the above-mentioned hierarchical item information management programs is recorded on such a recording medium. To do.

[0037]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the hierarchical item information management device of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a hierarchical item information management device 50 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the hierarchical item information management device 50 includes a program storage unit 1, an information storage unit 3, a display unit 5, and an information input unit 7. Of these, the program storage means 1 and the information storage means 3 are configured by a storage device such as a memory or a hard disk,
The display means 5 is composed of a display device such as a computer display or PDA, and the information input means 7 is composed of an information input device such as a keyboard or a mouse.

The program storage means 1 has an activity item information management unit 10 as a program for managing addition and correction of item information, an activity item display management unit 20 as a program for controlling the display of activity items, and a cost consumption. A total information management unit 30 as a program for totaling time is stored. Of these, the activity item information management unit 10 adds an activity item designation unit 12 that grasps which item information is designated by the information input unit 7 among the item information displayed on the display unit 5, and the designated item information. Activity item addition / correction / deletion means 11 for managing changes and corrections, and time information input means 1 for inputting time information for specified item information
And 3 are included. Activity item display management unit 20
Is configured to include an activity item display control means 21 for controlling the display of activity items on the display means 5, and the total information management unit 3
0 is configured to include activity cost consumption time totaling means 32 for totaling the cost consumption time relating to the activity item.

The information storage means 3 stores activity item information 10
1, relationship information 102 between activities, activity cost consumption time information 121, and activity history information 122 are stored. The activity item information 101 is information relating to the names of activity items. The inter-activity relationship information 102 is reference information that describes related activities in a reference relationship, and the inter-task relationship indicated by the task / subtask relationship is an example thereof. Further, the activity history information 122 is time information input by the activity item designating means 12 and the time information input means 13, and the activity cost consumption time information 121 collects the activity history information 122 by the activity cost consumption time totaling means 32. This is information representing the obtained aggregated value of activity cost consumption time.

The display means 5 is the activity item display control means 21.
The activity item information display means 40 for displaying the activity item whose display is controlled by is included.

The program storage means 1 corresponds to the "computer-readable recording medium recording the hierarchical item information management program" (hereinafter simply referred to as "recording medium") according to the present invention. Here, the recording medium refers to a reading device provided in a hardware resource of a computer, and a magnetic recording medium according to the description content of the program.
The description content of the program can be transmitted to the reading device in the form of a signal corresponding to the changed state of energy such as light and electricity, and the recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a CD- R
The OM, the memory built in the computer, and the like are applicable.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a display screen displayed by the activity item information display means 40. As shown in FIG. 2, the display screen includes an activity item information display unit 301, an activity information editing unit 330, and a time information editing unit 340. The activity item information display unit 301 displays activity item information 302 representing the relationship between activities and consumption time information 303 edited by the time information editing unit. The activity information editing unit 330 instructs the activity item addition / modification / deletion unit 11 to newly add, modify, or delete an activity item, and an activity item new addition instruction unit 331 and an activity item deletion instruction unit 332.
And an activity item correction instruction section 333. The time information editing unit 340 is used to input time information for the activity item designated by the activity item designation means 12.
The time information input means 13 comprises a start time input instruction section 341 for instructing the start time and an end time input instruction section 342 for instructing the end time.

FIG. 3 shows an example of activity item information as shown in FIG.
The example shows a case where the activity item information 101, the inter-activity relationship information 102, the activity cost consumption time information 121, and the activity history information 122 are represented by one database record.

Among the database fields shown in FIG. 3, the "ID" field stores the database ID of each record, the "activity name" field stores activity item name information, and the "reference destination activity item ID". Field stores the database ID of the parent activity item in a hierarchical relationship. The “referenced flag” field stores presence / absence information of a child activity item in the hierarchical relationship, and indicates that there is a child activity item as “1” and that there is no child activity item as “0”. There is. The "start time" and "end time" fields are fields for recording time information by the time information editing section 340 shown in FIG. 2, and the "expenditure time" field is processed by the total information management section 30 in FIG. This is a field for storing consumption time information.

The "reference activity item ID" and the "referenced flag" in FIG. 3 correspond to the inter-activity relationship information 102 in FIG. 1, and the start time and end time correspond to the time history information in FIG. The time corresponds to the activity cost consumption time information in FIG.

The activity item information table shown in FIG. 3 is simplified for the sake of explanation.
Since a plurality of activity history information (start time, end time, etc.) is input, it is desirable that the table be capable of adding a plurality of activity history information as shown in FIGS. 30 (a) and 30 (b).
That is, FIG. 30A is an example in which the activity item information 101, the inter-activity relationship information 102, and the activity cost consumption time information 121 of FIG. 1 are expressed in one table, and FIG.
Is an example of a case where the activity history information 122 is represented by a table. Among the database fields shown in FIG. 30A, the "ID" field stores the database ID of each record, the "activity name" field stores activity item name information, and the "reference destination activity item ID". Field is the database ID of the parent activity item in the hierarchical relationship
Is stored. Also, the field of "referenced flag" indicates the presence or absence of a child activity item in the hierarchical relationship by "1" or "0" as in FIG. 3, and the field of "activity history information ID" is shown in FIG. 30 (b). The database ID (here, “9871”) of the activity history information shown in is referred to. The aggregated value of each work time in FIG. 30B is set as the spending time (for example, 3 hours and 45 minutes), and is stored in the field of “expenditure time” in FIG. 30A.

The fields of "restart time" and "interruption time" in FIG. 30B are the time information editing section 3 shown in FIG.
40 is a field for recording time information,
The "expense consumption time" field is a field for storing expense consumption time information to be aggregated by the aggregation information management unit 30 in FIG.

The "reference activity item ID" and the "referenced flag" in FIG. 30A correspond to the inter-activity relationship information 102 shown in FIG. “Resume time” and “interruption time” in FIG. 30B are the activity history information 12 in FIG.
2, and the "expense consumption time" corresponds to the activity consumption time information 121 in FIG. In addition, below, it demonstrates based on the simplified activity item information table of FIG.

Next, the flow of processing when adding a new activity item in the activity item information management unit 10 (FIG. 1) while designating a relationship with another activity item will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Further, FIG. 4 shows a flow of operation and display on the UI in the activity item information display means 40 at this time, and FIG. 5 shows a change of the activity item information 101 on the database.

First, in S11 of FIG. 6, any one of the activity items displayed on the activity item information display section 301 is selected (FIG. 4 (a)). At this time, the activity item designating means 12
Figure out which activity item has been selected. Next, in S12, a new addition is instructed by the activity item new addition instructing unit 331 (FIG. 4 (b)).

Then, in S13, the activity item information management unit 1
0 grasps the new addition instruction and creates activity item information to which a new database record and a duplicate database record are added (Fig. 5 (b)).

At this time, the process of FIG. 25 is used to determine whether or not to create a duplicate database record. Here, the processing of FIG. 25 will be outlined. First, it is assumed that the item information grasped by the activity item designating means in S81 is a node A and the item information newly added is a node B. Next, in S82, it is determined whether or not the node A is a leaf node (node having no child node). If the node A is a leaf node, the duplicate node C of the node A is added as a child node of the node A in S83, and the node B is added as a child node of the node A in S84. On the other hand, if the node A is not a leaf node in S82, the process of S83 is avoided, and the node B is added as a child node of the node A in S84. In this way, it is determined whether or not a duplicate database record is created.

The processing other than the determination here is as follows. That is, the activity item information management unit 10 of FIG. 1 uses the new database record ID as shown in FIG.
[02] is created, and an appropriate name (here, "No N
ame ") is added to the field of the reference activity item ID,
The activity item ID (“01”) of the parent relationship is given in the hierarchical relationship. At this time, the referenced flag is initialized to 0, and the values of the start time, end time, and consumption time fields are initialized. Further, the activity item information management unit 10 copies the information of the activity item ID [01] of FIG. 5A to the new database ID (here, it is copied as ID [03]), and the activity of the activity item information after the duplication. An appropriate name (here, "other") is given to the name, and the activity item ID ("01") of the activity item information before copying is given as the reference destination activity item ID. Further, the referenced flag of the database record ID [01] is set to the flag “1” indicating that there is referenced.

Then, in S14 of FIG. 6, the activity item display management unit 20 determines the activity item information (FIG. 5 (b)) after the update.
The activity item information is displayed on the activity item information display unit 301 together with the relationship between activities and the spending time (FIG. 4 (c)). Thereby, it is possible to confirm the completion of addition of the new activity item.
This completes the process of adding a new activity item while designating a relationship with another activity item.

Next, the flow of processing when the activity item information management unit 10 deletes an activity item will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Further, FIG. 7 shows a flow of operation and display on the UI in the activity item information display means at this time, and FIG. 8 shows changes in the database of the activity item information table.

First, in S21 of FIG. 9, one is selected from the activity items displayed on the activity item information display section 301 (FIG. 7 (a)). At this time, the activity item designating means 12
Figure out which activity item has been selected. Next, in S22, the activity item deletion instructing unit 332 instructs the deletion (FIG. 7B).

Then, in S23, the activity item information management unit 1
0 grasps the item deletion instruction, and the specified database
The record is deleted (Fig. 8 (b)). Further, in S24, the activity item display management unit 20 displays the activity item on the activity item information display unit 301 based on the updated activity item information.
(FIG. 7 (c)). As a result, it is possible to confirm the completion of deletion of the activity item. This completes the process of deleting an activity item.

Next, the flow of adding a new activity item in the activity item information management unit 10 without designating a relationship with another activity item will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Further, FIG. 10 shows a flow of operation and display on the UI in the activity item information display means 40 at this time, and FIG.
The changes in the database of activity item information 101 are shown in FIG.

First, in S31 of FIG. 12, the activity item new addition instructing unit 331 instructs the activity item displayed on the activity item information display unit 301 to add a new item (FIG. 10 (a)). )).

Then, in S32, the activity item information management unit 1
0 grasps the new addition instruction and creates activity item information to which a new database record is added (FIG. 11 (b)).
Here, the activity item information management unit 10 creates a new database record ID [03] in which all fields are initialized (FIG. 11 (b)), and an appropriate name (here, "
No Name ") is given.

Furthermore, the activity item information after updating in S33
Based on (FIG. 8B), the activity item display management unit 20 displays the activity item on the activity item information display unit 301 based on the updated activity item information (FIG. 10B). Thereby, it is possible to confirm the completion of addition of the new activity item. This completes the process of adding a new activity item without specifying a relationship with another activity item.

Next, the flow of changing the relationship between activities of the designated activity item will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Further, FIG. 13 shows a flow of operation and display on the UI in the activity item information display means 40 at this time, and FIG. 14 shows changes in the database of the activity item information 101.

First, in S41 of FIG. 15, an activity item whose activity relationship is to be changed is selected from the activity items displayed in the activity item information display section 301 (FIG. 13 (a)). At this time, the activity item designation means 12 (FIG. 1) grasps which activity item has been selected.

Next, in S42, the activity item correction instruction section 33
3 is used to instruct the modification of the relationship between activities (Fig. 13
(B), FIG.13 (c)). Then, in S43, which activity item is subordinate to which the inter-activity relation is to be corrected is designated by designating the activity item of the reference destination (FIG. 13).
(D)).

Then, in S44, the activity item information management unit 1
0 grasps the instruction to modify the relationship between activities and refers to I of the referenced activity item.
D is acquired, activity item information to which the duplicate database record is added is created, and the inter-activity relationship information is modified (FIG. 14 (b)). Here, the determination as to whether or not to create a duplicate database record is performed by the processing in FIG. 25 described above.

Processing other than the determination here is as follows. That is, the activity item information management unit 10 of FIG. 1 assigns the reference activity item ID to the field of the reference activity item ID of the activity item to be corrected as shown in FIG. 14B. In addition, the activity item information management unit 10 copies the information of the activity item ID [01] of FIG. 14A to the new database ID (here, it is copied as ID [03]), and the activity of the activity item information after the duplication An appropriate name (here, "other") is given to the name, and the activity item ID ("01") of the activity item information before copying is given as the reference destination activity item ID. Further, the referenced flag of the database record ID [01] is set to the flag “1” indicating that there is referenced.

Then, in S45 of FIG. 15, the activity item display management unit 2 is based on the updated activity item information (FIG. 14 (b)).
0 displays the activity item information in the activity item information display unit 301 together with the relationship between activities and the spending time (FIG. 13 (e)). As a result, it is possible to confirm the completion of the change in the relationship between activities of the activity item. This completes the process of changing the relationship between activities of the specified activity item.

Next, the flow of processing when changing the activity name of the specified activity item will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Further, FIG. 16 shows a flow of operation and display on the UI in the activity item information display means 40 at this time, and FIG. 17 shows a change of the activity item information 101 on the database.

First, an activity item whose activity item name is to be changed is selected from the activity items displayed in the activity item item information display portion 301 in S51 of FIG. 18 (FIG. 16 (a)).
At this time, the activity item designation means 12 (FIG. 1) grasps which activity item has been selected. Next, in S52, the activity item modification instructing unit 333 issues an instruction to modify the activity item name (FIGS. 16B and 16C).

When the activity item name is input by the information input means 7 in S53 (FIG. 16 (d)), the activity item information management unit 10 corrects the content of the activity name fold in the database (FIG. 17 ( b)). Finally, in S54, the activity item display management unit 20 displays the activity item on the activity item information display unit 301 based on the updated activity item information (FIG. 16 (e)). Thereby, it is possible to confirm the completion of the change of the activity name of the activity item. This completes the process of changing the activity name of the specified activity item.

Next, the flow of processing when changing the relationship between activities of the specified activity item will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Further, FIG. 19 shows a flow of operation and display on the UI in the activity item information display means 40 at this time, and FIG. 20 shows a change of the activity item information 101 on the database.

First, in S61 of FIG. 21, an activity item whose activity relationship is to be changed is selected from the activity items displayed in the activity item information display section 301 (FIG. 19 (a)). At this time, the activity item designation means 12 (FIG. 1) grasps which activity item has been selected. Next, in S62, the activity item modification instructing unit 333 commands the modification of the relationship between activities (FIGS. 19B and 19C).

Then, in S63, which activity item is to be a subordinate of the activity item to be corrected is designated by designating the activity item of the reference destination (FIG. 19 (d)). And S
At 64, the activity item information management unit 10 grasps the inter-activity relationship correction instruction, acquires the ID of the referenced activity item, creates the activity item information to which the duplicate database record for storage is added, and Correct the relationship information (Fig. 2
0 (b)). Finally, in S65, the activity item display management unit 2
0 displays the activity item on the activity item information display unit 301 based on the updated activity item information (FIG. 19 (e)). As a result, it is possible to confirm the completion of the change in the relationship between activities of the activity item. This completes the process of changing the relationship between activities of the specified activity item.

Next, the flow of inputting time information for a designated activity item will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Further, FIG. 22 shows a flow of operation and display on the UI in the activity item information display means 40 at this time,
FIG. 23 shows changes in the activity item information 101 on the database.

First, in S71 of FIG. 24, the activity item name for which time information is desired to be input is selected from the activity items displayed in the activity item information display portion 301 (FIG. 22 (a)).
At this time, the activity item designation means 12 (FIG. 1) grasps which activity item has been selected. Next, in S72, the start time is instructed by the start time input instruction unit 341 to record the start time (FIG. 22 (b)). afterwards,
The end time is recorded by instructing the end of the activity by the end time input instruction unit 342 in S73 (FIG. 22 (c)), and S
At 74, the activity cost consumption time counting means 32 (FIG. 1) counts the cost consumption time from the difference between the start time and the end time and records it as the activity cost consumption time information (FIG. 23 (b)).

Here, the total information management unit 30 totals the spending time only for the activity item for which the end time has been input, but for the activity item for which the end time has not been input,
The present time may be sequentially recorded. This has the advantage that the consumption time can be grasped one after another.

Next, FIG. 26 shows an algorithm for totalizing the spending time by the activity spending time totaling means 32 of FIG.
Will be described. First, in S90, the activity item (leaf node) having no activity item information in the subordinate relationship is searched by referring to the inter-activity relationship information, and the leaf node ID obtained by the search is stored in LEAF_ID [i]. I will do it. Here, it is assumed that there are N leaves and LEAF_ID [0] to LEAF_ID [N-1] are stored.

Next, variables i and j are initialized to 0 (S9
1) 、 LEAF_ID [i] (LEAF_ID [0] at first)
The consumption time of the item information referred to by the referenced activity item ID of LEAF_ID [i] is added (S92). LEAF_ID at this time
If there is no reference activity item ID of [i] (negative determination in S93), the process of S94 to S98 is avoided and the process proceeds to S99 described later.

On the other hand, if there is a referenced activity item ID of LEAF_ID [i] (Yes in S93), the variable j is incremented by 1 and the variable k is initialized to 0 (S94). ), It is determined whether the ID indicated by NODE_ID [k] is equal to the referenced activity item ID (S95).

At this time, if the ID indicated by NODE_ID [k] is equal to the referenced activity item ID (negative determination in S95), S9.
If the ID indicated by NODE_ID [k] is not equal to the referenced activity item ID (Yes in S95), the variable k
Is incremented by 1 (S96). And the variable k
Is larger than the variable num (S97), and if the variable k is larger than the variable num (S97 is affirmative), the process proceeds to S98, and if the variable k is not larger than the variable num (S97 is negative), Return to S95.

In S98, the referenced activity item ID is NODE_I.
S9 is stored in D [j] and the variable k is substituted for the variable j.
Proceed to 9.

In S99, all LEAF_ID [i] at this point
It is determined whether or not the processing of S92 to S98 is completed depending on whether or not the variable i is N or more. Variable i is N
If it is smaller than LEAF, the processing of S92 to S98 has not been executed.
Since it can be determined that _ID [i] remains, the variable i is incremented by 1 in S100, and then the processes of S92 to S98 are executed.

As a result, the process of adding the spending time of the N activity item information to the spending time of the activity item in the parent relationship of each activity item can be executed for the N leaves.

When the variable i reaches N, it is determined in S101 whether the variable j representing the number of referenced activity item IDs in LEAF_ID [i] is equal to 0. If the variable j is not equal to 0, it can be determined that the referenced activity item ID of LEAF_ID [i] exists, so in S102, the NODE_ID in which the ID of the upper node at this time is stored is LEAF_ID.
And the variable j representing the number of the referenced activity item IDs is set to N (note that the variable j is the next S91).
Is initialized to 0).

After that, the above-mentioned steps S91 to S100 are repeated. As a result, the processing of S91 to S100 is executed for the node one higher than the previous time, and the consumption time of the activity item referred to by the leaf is added to the consumption time of higher rank.

In such processing, the variable j is set to 0 in S101.
Until it is determined (Yes in S101), that is, until the referenced activity item information of the parent is exhausted, the cost consumption time totaling process ends.

The timing of executing the processing of FIG. 26 may be determined by executing an appropriate schedule, or the user may specify the execution time, or when the user makes a display request for activity item information. You can do it.

According to the present embodiment as described above, it is possible to freely add an item or change the relationship between items while appropriately holding the activity item information recorded in the past. That is, in the activity item information managed and displayed hierarchically, when adding the item information to the end activity item, the item information including the time information is retained as a copy for the activity item to which the time information has already been registered. Since the information is displayed, the effect that the activity item information can be added and modified freely can be obtained.

[0090]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In an attendance management system, a process management system, and a business process improvement system, it is possible to realize hierarchical management of item information in which items recorded in the past can be appropriately added and items can be freely changed in relation to each other.

In addition, in the item information that is hierarchically managed and displayed in the attendance management system or the process management system, when the item information is added to the item information at the end, the time is registered for the item for which time information has already been registered. Since the item information including information is held and displayed as a copy, the item information can be freely added and corrected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a hierarchical item information management device according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed by an activity item information display means.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first example of an activity item information table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing operations and displays on a UI when adding a new activity item while designating a relationship with a certain activity item, (a) showing selection of an activity item, and (b). Is a diagram showing an instruction for new addition, and FIG. 7C is a diagram showing activity item information after addition.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a change in a database when a new activity item is added while designating a relationship with a certain activity item, (a) a state before addition, and (b) a state after addition. Is shown.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for adding a new activity item while designating a relationship with a certain activity item.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation and a display on the UI when deleting an activity item, (a) is a diagram showing selection of an activity item,
(B) is a figure which shows the instruction | indication of deletion, (c) is the figure which displayed the activity item information after deletion.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a change in a database when an activity item is deleted, where (a) shows a state before deletion and (b) shows a state after deletion.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for deleting an activity item.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation and a display on the UI when adding a new activity item without designating a relationship with another activity item, (a) showing a new addition instruction, (b) ) Is the figure which displayed the activity item information after addition.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing changes in a database when a new activity item is added without specifying a relationship with another activity item, where (a) is a state before the addition and (b) is a state after the addition. It shows the state.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for adding a new activity item without designating a relationship with another activity item.

13A and 13B are diagrams showing the operation and display on the UI when changing the relationship between activities of a specified activity item, wherein FIG. 13A is a view showing selection of an activity item, and FIG. Figure,
(C) is a figure which shows the correction instruction | indication of the relationship between activity items, (d) is a figure which shows designation | designated of a reference destination activity item, (e) is the figure which displayed the activity item information after a change.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing changes in the database when changing the relationship between activities of designated activity items, where (a) shows the state before the change and (b) shows the state after the change.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart for changing a relationship between activities of a specified activity item.

16A and 16B are diagrams showing the operation and display on the UI when changing the activity name of the designated activity item, wherein FIG. 16A is a diagram showing selection of an activity item, and FIG. 16B is a diagram showing a correction instruction. ,
(C) is a figure which shows the correction instruction | indication of an activity item name, (d) is a figure which shows the input of an activity item name, (e) is the figure which displayed the activity item information after a change.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing changes in the database when the activity name of the designated activity item is changed, where (a) shows the state before the change and (b) shows the state after the change.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for changing an activity name of a specified activity item.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing operations and displays on the UI when changing the relationship between activities of a specified activity item, (a) showing selection of an activity item, and (b) showing a correction instruction. Figure,
(C) is a figure which shows the correction instruction | indication of the relationship between activity items, (d) is a figure which shows designation | designated of a reference destination activity item, (e) is the figure which displayed the activity item information after a change.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing changes in the database when changing the relationship between activities of designated activity items, where (a) shows the state before the change and (b) shows the state after the change.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart for changing the relationship between activities of a specified activity item.

22A and 22B are diagrams showing operations and displays on the UI when time information is input to a designated activity item, FIG. 22A is a diagram showing selection of an activity item, and FIG. FIG. 3C is a diagram showing an instruction to end the activity.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing changes in the database when time information is input for a specified activity item, (a)
Shows the state before input, and (b) shows the state after input.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart for inputting time information for a designated activity item.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing an algorithm for adding item information.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing an algorithm for totalizing the spending time of each item information.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a display example when displaying activity items, (a) shows a list display, (b) shows a hierarchical display, and (c) shows a flow display.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a display result of item information according to a conventional technique, (a) showing a display example of activity items before change,
(B) shows a display example after newly adding an activity item to (a), and (c) shows a display example after newly adding without holding the item information of the addition destination.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a display result of item information according to the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a second example of the activity item information table, in which (a) is an example in which activity item information, inter-activity relationship information, and activity cost consumption time information are represented in one table, (b)
Is an example of expressing activity history information in a table.

[Fig. 31] Fig. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of displaying a relationship between activities, (a) illustrates a display example of a tree structure, and (b) illustrates a display example of a list structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Program storage means, 3 ... Information storage means, 5 ... Display means, 7 ... Information input means, 10 ... Activity item information management section,
11 ... Activity item addition / correction deletion means, 12 ... Activity item designation means, 13 ... Time information input means, 20 ... Activity item display management unit, 21 ... Activity item display control unit, 30 ... Total information management unit, 32 ... Activity cost consumption Time counting means, 40 ... Activity item information display means, 50 ... Hierarchical item information management device, 101 ...
Activity item information, 102 ... Relationship information between activities, 121 ... Activity cost consumption time information, 122 ... Activity history information, 301 ... Activity item information display section, 302 ... Activity item information, 303 ... Cost consumption time information, 330 ... Activity information editing section 331 ... Activity item new addition instruction section, 332 ... Activity item deletion instruction section, 333 ...
Activity item correction instruction section, 340 ... Time information editing section, 341
... Start time input instruction unit, 342 ... End time input instruction unit.

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A hierarchical item information management device for managing item information having a hierarchical relationship, comprising: item information storage means for storing item information to be managed; Inter-item relationship information storage means for storing relationship information, item information display means for displaying the item information stored in the item information storage means, and inter-item relationship information stored in the inter-item relationship information storage means Display control means for controlling to display the item information associated with each other on the item information display means, and an item designating means for designating any one of the item information displayed on the item information display means. An inter-item relationship information editing means for editing the inter-item relationship information of the item information specified by the item specifying means, and an item edited by the inter-item relationship information editing means And inter-item relation information registration means for registering the relationship information to the inter-item relation information storage means, hierarchical item information management apparatus having a. 2. When editing the inter-item relationship information by the inter-item relationship information editing means, the item information to be edited is
In the case of setting a lower item for other item information having no lower item, the other item information is duplicated and stored in the item information storage means, and the item information obtained by the duplication is copied to the other item information of the duplication source. An inter-item relationship edit control means for storing inter-item relationship information indicating that it is a subordinate item to the item information as inter-item relationship information relating to the item information obtained by the duplication in the inter-item relationship information storage means. 1. The hierarchical item information management device described in 1. 3. The inter-item relationship edit control means, when duplicating other item information having no subordinate item, duplicates all information or a part of information relating to the item, and the item designating means. 3. When the item is specified by, the information on the specified item is edited, and the hierarchical item information management device according to claim 2. 4. As the item information, a time history information input unit for inputting an execution start time or an execution end time of an item related to an activity, and time information input by the time history information input unit is an item related to the activity. 4. The hierarchical item information management device according to claim 1, further comprising: time history information registration means for registering the item history information as item information in the item information storage means. 5. An expense consumption time totaling means for accumulating expense consumption time required for execution of the item related to the activity based on time information stored as the item information, and expense consumption obtained by totalization by the expense consumption time aggregation means. Based on the spending time information registration means for registering time in the item information storage means as item information about the item related to the activity, and the inter-item relation information stored in the inter-item relation information storage means, a higher-order item of the purpose Further comprising: an inter-item time information totaling / registering means for totaling the spending time for lower-order items and registering the total consumption-time information obtained by the totaling in the item information storage means as item information for the higher-order item. Item 4. The hierarchical item information management device according to item 4. 6. An item information storage means for storing item information having a hierarchical relationship, an inter-item relationship information storage means for storing inter-item relationship information describing a relationship between items, and for displaying the item information. A hierarchical item information management method in a hierarchical item information management device for managing the item information, the method comprising: , A display step of displaying item information associated with each other on the item information display means, an item designation receiving step of receiving designation of any item information from the displayed item information, and a designated step of the designated item information. An inter-item relationship information editing step of editing the inter-item relationship information, and an inter-item relationship information registration step of registering the edited inter-item relationship information in the inter-item relationship information storage means. Layer type item information management method. 7. In the inter-item relationship information editing step,
When the item information to be edited is a lower item with respect to other item information having no lower item, the other item information is duplicated and stored in the item information storage means, and the item information obtained by the duplication is also stored. The inter-item relationship information indicating that the item is a subordinate item to the other item information of the copy source is stored in the inter-item relationship information storage means as the item relationship information regarding the item information obtained by the duplication. The hierarchical item information management method according to claim 6. 8. In the inter-item relationship information editing step, when duplicating other item information without the subordinate item, all the information relating to the item or selectively a part of the information is duplicated, and the item designating means If the item is specified by
8. The hierarchical item information management method according to claim 7, wherein information on a designated item is edited. 9. A time input receiving step of receiving input of an execution start time or an execution end time of an item related to an activity as item information, and the input time information as item information for the item related to the activity. 9. The hierarchical item information management method according to claim 6, further comprising: a time history information registration step of registering in the means. 10. A cost-dissipation time totaling step of summing the cost-dissipation time required to execute the item related to the activity based on time information stored as the item information, and the cost-dissipation time obtained by the aggregation Based on the spending time information registration step of registering in the item information storage means as item information about the item, and the inter-item relationship information stored in the inter-item relationship information storage means, the cost consumption for the subordinate items with respect to the target higher level item The total time totaling step of totaling time, and the total time registration step of registering the total cost consumption time information obtained by the totalization in the item information storage means as item information for the higher-order item. Hierarchical item information management method. 11. An item information storage means for storing item information having a hierarchical relationship, an inter-item relationship information storage means for storing inter-item relationship information describing a relationship between items, and the item information storage means. A hierarchical item information management program for causing a computer mounted on the hierarchical item information management device for managing the item information, comprising: item information display means for displaying the stored item information. A display step of displaying item information related to each other on the item information display unit based on the item relationship information stored in the item relationship information storage unit, and any one of the displayed item information Item specification receiving step for receiving the specification of item information of item, and item relationship information editing step for editing the item relationship information of the specified item information, A relationship information registering step between the items for registering inter-item relation information to the inter-item relation information storage means, the hierarchical item information management program for causing the computer to perform. 12. In the inter-item relationship information editing step, if the item information to be edited is a lower item with respect to other item information that has no lower item, the other item information is duplicated and the item information storage means. In addition, the inter-item relationship information indicating that the item information obtained by the duplication is a subordinate item to the other item information of the duplication source is stored as the inter-item relation information regarding the item information obtained by the duplication. The hierarchical item information management program according to claim 11, wherein the hierarchical item information management program is stored in inter-item relationship information storage means. 13. In the inter-item relationship information editing step, when duplicating other item information that does not have the subordinate item, all the information relating to the item or selectively a part of the information is duplicated, and the item designating means is provided. If the item is specified by
13. The hierarchical item information management program according to claim 12, wherein the information on the specified item is edited. 14. An item information storage step, which receives, as item information, an execution start time or an execution end time of an item related to an activity, and the input time information as item information for the item related to the activity. 14. The hierarchical item information management program according to claim 11, further comprising: a time history information registration step of registering in the means. 15. A spending time totaling step of totaling the spending time required for executing the item related to the activity based on the time information stored as the item information, and the spending time obtained by the totaling is related to the activity. Expiration time information registration step of registering in the item information storage means as item information about the item, and cost consumption for the lower item with respect to the target upper item based on the inter-item relationship information stored in the inter-item relationship information storage means Further causing the computer to execute a total time totaling step of totaling time, and a total time registration step of registering the total cost consumption time information obtained by the totalization in the item information storage means as item information for the higher-order item. 15. The hierarchical item information management program according to claim 14. 16. A computer-readable recording medium on which the hierarchical item information management program according to any one of claims 11 to 15 is recorded.