Workflow-Management-Systems as enterprise engineering tools

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34983-1_16

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Workflow-Management-Systems as enterprise engineering tools

Christoph Bußler-1996-01-01

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Workflow-Management is a growing research area in computer science. It focuses on the modeling of coarse grain abstract processes called workflows as well as on software architectures and systems for their execution. Enterprise Integration (EI) deals besides other aspects with enterprise or business processes which are a description of complex tasks within an enterprise involving humans or machines, data and applications. Since business processes developed by techniques of EI should finally be enacted to actively drive the enterprise an execution mechanism is required. We argue that Workflow-Management-Systems (WFMS) are a technology which can be deployed as enterprise engineering tools in order to enact enterprise processes.

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Workflow-Management is a growing research area in computer science. It focuses on the modeling of coarse grain abstract processes called workflows as well as on software architectures and systems for their execution. Enterprise Integration (EI) deals besides other aspects with enterprise or business processes which are a description of complex tasks within an enterprise involving humans or machines, data and applications. Since business processes developed by techniques of EI should finally be enacted to actively drive the enterprise an execution mechanism is required. We argue that Workflow-Management-Systems (WFMS) are a technology which can be deployed as enterprise engineering tools in order to enact enterprise processes.

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WorkflowWorkflow management systemEnterprise integrationEnterprise softwareEnterprise systems engineeringEnterprise modellingComputer scienceWorkflow technology

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