Abstract: A monitoring software program for capturing data regarding the process flow may be installed. Information regarding a plurality of steps may be stored in a database. At least one output may be constructed in response to user input, wherein said constructing comprises retrieving information from said database. In one embodiment, constructing the output may further comprise processing said retrieved information from said database. In various embodiments, the output may comprise a flow file, a comparison of a historical flow file to a reference flow file, a report of history of a database object, verification of “up-to-date”-ness of a database object, verification of an outcome of a process that created an output, or a report of quality of an object (such as an input, an output, or a step) in said database.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a resource allocation array has at least one resource input line (Aj), at least one request for resource input line (Ri) and at least one cell (12) coupled to the at least one resource input line and to the at least one request for resource line. The resource allocation array assigns one resource to one request for the resource. The one resource and the one request for the resource are both of a group of at least one resource and of a group of at least one request for the resource, respectively. The availability and unavailability of the resource is represented by a first and a second predetermined resource signal, respectively. The assertion and non assertion of the request for resource is represented by a third and a fourth predetermined request for resource signal, respectively. The at least one resource input line is associated with one of the at least one resource signals.