System for controlling and monitoring a process, programmable process control means and computer program

The process management and control of the system of the invention, which is directed to the preparation of a complex object, such as a document composed of chapters, is carried out by one or more workers characterized by activities, which system includes the following: - device that stores the model of the complex object, - device that stores an abstract model composed of actions (28-32), - device that forms model-action combinations, - device that assigns model-action combinations to actions, - device that determines the feasibility of model-action combinations, - activity corresponding to ready-to-implement model-action combinations a tool that makes it accessible to workers, which has a tree-structured model of a complex object consisting of hierarchical levels, which levels are made up of parent objects and lower-level child objects. The invention is also a programmable process control device containing the elements of the system, and a computer program that can be run on a computer to perform the functions of the process control device. HE