Ever since the establishment of Japan's "2003 eJapan strategy II," more companies are supporting "teleworking" and the population of teleworkers has risen to approximately 20%. In Japan most teleworkers work at home after pre-determining the content of work and time it will take to finish. (Also see: A Workflow for a Telecommuting System)
Today's workflow system is a general workflow for providing work instructions. This makes work instructions, schedule adjustments and management of results transparent. Being able to clearly allocate and instruct work is essential in teleworking.
<Tasks>
1. Instruct Work, 2. Reply Schedule, 3. Approve Schedule, 4a. Additional Instructions, 4b. Register Results, 5. Confirm Completion
[Telecommuting <Suggest Work> : "" screen]
With the above workflow, when task 5 is finished, task 4a also automatically ends. This is done with the Terminate End Event (BPMN terminology BPMN = Business Process Model and Notation).
Data such as "amount of work completed" and "ratio of work completed within deadlines" should be part of the information reviewed at monthly and/or quarter meetings. We might want to consider a workflow that allows employees to suggest work content. (below)
<Tasks>
0. Suggest Work, 1. Instruct Work, 2. Reply Schedule, 3. Approve Schedule, 4a. Additional Instructions, 4b. Register Results, 5. Confirm Completion
