1. A computer system for displaying a business process comprising a plurality of workflow events, said system comprising: an interface module comprising a graphical interface configured to be responsive to user actions for inputting and managing data, wherein said data comprises data associated with each of the plurality of workflow events, and said data including a workflow event date for each the plurality of workflow events; a processor, implemented at least in part in hardware, configured for processing said data and generating a graphical representation for the user comprising a timeline and a graphical element for each of the plurality of workflow events and said processor being configured to generate a single activity date for each of said graphical elements based on said workflow event date said processor being configured to display each of said graphical elements on said timeline based on said activity date for each of said graphical elements; and wherein said processor is configured to be responsive to one or more parameters specified by the user for individually arranging on said timeline one or more of said graphical elements for each of the plurality of workflow events based on said activity date for each of said graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of workflow events, and wherein individually arranging comprises arranging the one or more of said graphical elements based on said one or more specified parameters and without regard to any relationship between the one or more of the plurality of workflow events.