The Research And Implementation Of Management System Of Lab Building Project Based On Workflow

Workflow as a new developing research field is the key technology that implements procedure modeling, procedure optimizing and procedure managing of various operations, and ultimately realizes automatization of operation processes. Because of its unique technological characteristics and application functions, it has already drawn lots of attentions from some research institutions and relevant industries. Moreover, there has been some certain research and applying achievements. Now it has been widely used in fields such as manufacture, office automation, concurrent engineering, the E-government, etc.Workflow's applying in the project management system is the researching and developing direction of project management infomationization at present. By defining the procedures and controlling the functioning process, the two key problems in project management automatization—diversification of demands in operation procedures and uncertainty in management procedures—can be solved properly. The management of lab building project procedures include project application, organizing purchase, fulfilling the contract, checking and accepting, making the payment, maintenance, filing, efficacy assessment, etc. A large number of data involved in all of these procedures are always flowing, and changing due to some policies. However, it can be fixed by workflow technology.This paper analyzes the developing direction and applying situations at home and abroad first, and then studies the technology of workflow deeply. On this basis and with the referenced models of workflow proposed by WFMC, the paper discusses the characteristics of the workflow management system and the key technologies involved for its implementation. According to the actual demands of the management of lab building project, the paper also primarily analyzes the main parts of the system such as the definition of the procedure models, workflow engine, and procedure management, and illustrates a detailed design of the management system of lab duilding project based on workflow, whose feasibility is demonstrated by the procedure of project application.The design of the system is accomplished with the B/S based on WEB, the object-oriented technology, the Microsoft .NET platform, and C# to make modules of workflow engine, management and monitor tools, and service API.In conclusion, this paper exprounds a design process of a management system of lab building project based on workflow. With limited time, the system has just been completed in the part of defining the procedure model with other parts left unfinished. The author only provides the design plan and methods. In terms of how to employ the system in the real operation, there are a lot of problems to deal with, which the author would like to investigate in the future.