Modern Business Process Automation YAWL and its Support Environment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hofstede, Arthur H. M. (Editor), Aalst, Wil M. P. (Editor), Adams, Michael (Editor), Russell, Nick (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Information storage and retrieval.; Application software.; Computer Science.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; IT in Business.; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing.

Topics covered include: The fundamentals of business process modeling, including workflow patterns; An in-depth treatment of process flexibility, including approaches to dealing with on-the-fly changes, unexpected exceptions, and constraint-based processes; Technological aspects of a modern BPM envi...

Table of Contents:

• Concepts
• The Language: Rationale and Fundamentals
• Advanced Synchronization
• Flexibility and Change
• Dynamic Workflow
• Exception Handling
• Declarative Workflow
• The Core System
• The Architecture
• The Design Environment
• The Runtime Environment
• Services
• The Resource Service
• The Worklet Service
• The Declare Service
• Positioning
• The Business Process Modeling Notation
• EPCs
• The Business Process Execution Language
• Open Source Workflow Systems
• Advanced Topics
• Process Mining and Simulation
• Process Configuration
• Process Integration
• Verification
• Case Studies
• YAWL4Healthcare
• YAWL4Film
• Epilogue
• Epilogue
• Appendices
• Appendix A The Order Fulfillment Process Model.