عنوان

Wide area workflow management :

(Number (ISBN

3540762434

(Number (ISBN

9783540762430

Number

b545285

Title Proper

Wide area workflow management :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

creating partnerships for the 21st century ; with 73 figures

First Statement of Responsibility

Gerold Riempp.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 318 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Series Title

Computer supported cooperative work.

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Published in association with the British Computer Society.

Text of Note

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Scenario.- 1.2 What is Wide Area Workflow Management (WAWM)?.- 1.3 Aims of this book.- 1.4 Structure.- 2 Case studies.- 2.1 Case study 1: sales activities in an international brewery.- 2.2 Case study 2: collaboration between a large lighting manufacturer and suppliers.- 3 Foundations of computer-aided interaction among widely dispersed office workers.- 3.1 Developments in the application of computer systems.- 3.2 Decentralized collaboration.- 3.2.1 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).- 3.2.2 Coordination science.- 3.2.3 Transaction cost theory.- 3.2.4 Interorganizational information systems.- 3.2.5 Electronic commerce.- 3.2.6 Types of cooperation among organizations.- 3.3 Process orientation in office work within and between organizations.- 3.3.1 Office work.- 3.3.2 Business process reengineering.- 3.3.3 Workflow management.- 3.3.4 Distributed and Wide Area Workflow Management.- 3.4 Technological fundaments.- 3.4.1 EDI and EDIFACT.- 3.4.2 Internet and World Wide Web.- 3.4.3 Object management standards.- 3.4.4 Groupware platforms.- 3.4.4.1 General characteristics.- 3.4.4.2 Lotus Notes.- 4 Workflow management related approaches under aspects of distribution.- 4.1 Classification of workflow management systems.- 4.2 Conceptual approaches.- 4.2.1 Reference Model of the Workflow Management Coalition.- 4.2.1.1 Basic concept of the WfMC Reference Model.- 4.2.1.2 Interface 4: interoperability between workflow engines.- 4.2.2 Business process oriented approaches.- 4.2.2.1 Handbook of organizational processes.- 4.2.2.2 PRINCESS.- 4.2.3 Flexibility oriented approaches.- 4.2.3.1 Workflow Continuum and GroupFlow.- 4.2.3.2 FlexWare.- 4.2.3.3 FreeFlow.- 4.2.3.4 MOVE.- 4.2.4 Distribution oriented approaches.- 4.2.4.1 ActMan.- 4.2.4.2 Exotica/FMQM.- 4.2.4.3 POLIKOM.- 4.2.4.4 FUNSOFT nets.- 4.2.4.5 Workonnector.- 4.2.4.6 ORBWork.- 4.2.4.7 VORTEL.- 4.2.4.8 ContAct.- 4.2.5 WWW oriented approaches.- 4.2.5.1 WebWork.- 4.2.5.2 WAX.- 4.2.5.3 PhantaRhei.- 4.2.5.4 WorldFlow.- 4.3 Commercial systems.- 4.4 Discussion of the approaches presented in respect to Wide Area Workflow Management.- 5 Concepts for Wide Area Workflow Management (WAWM).- 5.1 Fundamentals.- 5.2 General characteristics and requirements.- 5.2.1 Challenges of coordinating the collaboration of widely distributed workflow participants.- 5.2.2 Three dimensions of Wide Area Workflow Management.- 5.2.2.1 Information distribution.- 5.2.2.2 Locations.- 5.2.2.3 Organizational integration.- 5.3 Interaction and synchronization of distributed workflow parts.- 5.4 Coordination of WFMSs' interaction - three different mechanisms.- 5.4.1 Hierarchy.- 5.4.2 Market.- 5.4.3 Cooperation of equal partners.- 5.4.4 Continuum of coordination mechanisms.- 5.5 Aspects of flexibility.- 5.5.1 Flexible planning.- 5.5.2 Flexible run-time operation.- 5.6 Architectural concepts.- 5.6.1 Shared coordination directories.- 5.6.1.1 Structure and contents of coordination directories.- 5.6.1.2 Distribution and synchronization methods.- 5.6.2 Message objects - mobile workflow information carriers.- 5.6.2.1 Structure of message objects.- 5.6.2.2 Format and properties of message objects.- 5.6.2.3 Application of message objects.- 5.6.3 Content management - filtering of information.- 5.6.4 Gateways - connection of heterogeneous WFMSs.- 5.7 Models for implementation and continuous improvement of WAWM.- 5.7.1 Lifecycle for WAWM systems.- 5.7.2 Implementation model for WAWM systems.- 6 Wide Area GroupFlow System (WAGS).- 6.1 Architecture.- 6.1.1 Design approach.- 6.1.2 Technological basis of WAGS.- 6.1.3 Terms.- 6.2 Components.- 6.2.1 Description of organizational structures with WAGS Infrastructure.- 6.2.2 Planning of Wide Area Workflow Management with the WAGS Modeler.- 6.2.3 Exchange and use of workflow interface specifications with the WAGS External Directory.- 6.2.4 Workflow enactment service - WAGS Engine.- 6.2.5 Connection of widely distributed WFMSs with WAGS Gateways.- 6.2.6 Control of workflows with WAGS Tracking and the WAGS Analyzer.- 6.2.7 Integration with the Internet and World Wide Web using WAGS WebConnect.- 6.3 Further developments.- 7 Wide Area Workflow Management in practical application.- 7.1 Case study 1: sales activities in an international brewery.- 7.2 Case study 2: collaboration between a large lighting manufacturer and suppliers.- 8 Conclusions and outlook.- 9 Summary.- 10 References.- 10.1 Literature references.- 10.2 Online references.- 11 Indices.- 11.1 Keyword index.- 11.2 Abbreviations.- 11.3 Figures.- 11.4 Tables.- About the author and his team.

Information resources management.

Management information systems.

Teams in the workplace -- Data processing.

Gerold Riempp.

British Computer Society.

Gerold Riempp

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[Book]

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