Abstract: A computer implemented tool for automating a process having a workflow program document having rows and columns, where each row represents one of a plurality of paths through a portion of the process to an outcome of the portion of the process, and where each column represents a human readable label used to describe a component of the process; software programming code, developed in a linear programming language, programmed to filter the rows and columns of the workflow program document so as to direct a portion of the process along one of the plurality of paths to an outcome, depending on the content of the human readable labels in the columns; and an existing visual programming framework for displaying on a user interface a visual representation of a flowchart of a process to be automated, using pre-built visual representations of workflow components, and the existing visual programming framework also includes the software programming for carrying out functionality associated with such visual representation

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to A method of automating a process to process a task or an object comprising: defining elements of the process in one or more human-intelligible and editable and machine interpretable workflow program documents, the workflow program documents each including a plurality of actors who perform actions or take decision, a sequence of action steps each associated with an actor and having at least one expected outcome and a corresponding next step for each expected outcome, and wherein the action steps may include a first type of action further defined within the workflow program documents and a second type of action implemented by a computer according to code defined other than in said workflow program documents; and executing the process by a processor running the code defined by the workflow program documents, wherein if an exception is detected in the processing of a task or object according to the code, the exception is passed to a supervisory function to perform a remedial acti