Marlon Dumas, Wil M van der Aalst, Arthur H Ter Hofstede

Process-Aware Information Systems

Bridging People and Software Through Process Technology
Ed. by Marlon Dumas, Wil M. van der Aaalst and Arthur H. ter Hofstede

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the last 10 years, there has been an explosion in the number of technologies, standards, and tools to provide process support. The book provides a unified and comprehensive overview of the principles, techniques and technologies underlying the emerging discipline of process aware information systems engineering. It brings together contributions from leading experts in this fast-growing field. Each chapter ends with a collection of thought-provoking exercises, which also makes it ideal as a text book. The book closes with a list of resources including suggested readings as well as URLs of relevant standardization bodies, initiatives, and consortia.

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A unifying foundation to design and implement process-aware information systems

This publication takes on the formidable task of establishing a unifying foundation and set of common underlying principles to effectively model, design, and implement process-aware information systems. Authored by leading authorities and pioneers in the field, Process-Aware Information Systems helps readers gain a thorough understanding of major concepts, languages, and techniques for building process-aware applications, including:
_ UML and EPCs: two of the most widely used notations for business process modeling
_ Concrete techniques for process design and analysis
_ Process execution standards: WfMC and BPEL
_ Representative commercial tools: ARIS, TIBCO Staffware, and FLOWer

Each chapter begins with a description of the problem domain and then progressively unveils relevant concepts and techniques. Examples and illustrations are used extensively to clarify and simplifycomplex material. Each chapter ends with a set of exercises, ranging from simple questions to thought-provoking assignments. Sample solutions for many of the exercises are available on the companion Web site.

Armed with a new and deeper understanding, readers are better positioned to make their own contributions to the field and evaluate various approaches to a particular task or problem. This publication is recommended as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in computer science and information systems, as well as for professionals involved in workflow and business process management, groupware and teamwork, enterprise application integration, and business-to-business integration.

Produktdetails

• Wiley-Interscience
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780471663065
• ISBN-10: 0471663069
• Artikelnr.: 14736054

Autorenporträt

MARLON DUMAS, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology. Dr. Dumas has published extensively in international journals and conferences in the areas of business process management and service-oriented computing, and is the recipient of a Smart State Fellowship from the Queensland Government. WIL M. P. van der AALST, PhD, is Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology and Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology. He is coauthor of the textbook Workflow Management: Models, Methods, and Systems, and editor of several other books in the areas of business process management and Petri nets. ARTHUR H. M. ter HOFSTEDE, PhD, is Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology. He, along with Professor van der Aalst, is codesigner of the YAWL workflow language and open-source system, coauthor of the Workflow Patterns Web site, and cofounder of the International Conference on Business Process Management.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Contributors. PART I: CONCEPTS. 1. Introduction (M. Dumas, et
al.). 2. Person-to-Application Processes: Workflow Management (A.
Oberweis). 3. Person-to-Person Processes: Computer-Supported Collaborative
Work (C. Ellis, et al.). 4. Enterprise Application Integration and
Business-to-Business Integration Processes (C. Bussler). PART II: MODELING
LANGUAGES. 5. Process Modeling using UML (G. Engels). 6. Process Modeling
using Event-driven Process Chains (A. Scheer, et al.). 7. Process Modeling
using Petri Nets (J. Desel). 8. Patterns of Process Modeling (W. van der
Aalst, et al.). PART III: TECHNIQUES. 9. Process Design and Redesign (H.
Reijers). 10. Process Mining (W. van der Aalst & A. Weijters). 11.
Transactional Business Processes (G. Alonso). PART IV: STANDARDS AND TOOLS.
12. Standard for Workflow Definition and Execution. (J. Mendling, et al.).
13. The Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (R. Khalaf, et
al.). 14. Workflow management in Staffware (C. Brown). 15. The FLOWer Case
Handling Approach: Beyond Workflow Management (P. Berens). Appendix:
Readings and Resources. Index.