Abstract: A system and method for automating a business procedure is disclosed. The workflow management system includes an administrator, a process designer, a workflow database, a process engine and a web client. The system may interact with a form generator and a business application program. The system first analyzes the business process and models the process as a combination of detailed activities. The system assigns the properties to each activity according to the business rules. After modeling the business process and after the business process is initiated, the process engine allocates the workitems to the participant. The system can automate a very complicated business process and can be expanded and adapted to ever-changing business environments.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for supporting task assignment and monitoring allocations of assets and tasks, including a data store and an audit trail generator. The data store stores information relating to assignments of sub-tasks of a task, and the audit trail generator provides an audit trail of the assignments, the sub-tasks, and the task and tracks action relating to the task during the life of the task. The present invention also discloses a method for tracking allocations of assets and tasks, including defining a task comprising sub-tasks, assigning each sub-task to a first assignee, and maintaining an audit trail by retrieving information relating to the progress of the task. The audit trail provides a single view of all the sub-tasks and all of the corresponding assignees during the life of the task.