Asset-driven workflow dependency management establishes connections between activities based on the descriptions of the assets for each activity. These descriptive ''contracts'' provide a mechanism to match relevant activities necessary to create a desired output By creating a graphical model of desired workflow a user is provided with a better understanding of what is involved in the. The graphical model can be used to design and track real work productions. Graphical representations of activities are used to model venders, facilities and other production activities. The activity models produce and/or consume assets that represent the deliverables that are transferred between activities. Using the models of activities, a model of the production pipeline can be built from back to front Thus, a final result activity model is selected first and based on the assets required by the selected final result activity an appropriate activity that produces that required asset can be selected..