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Three Functional Areas of Workflow Systems
The three functional areas of workflow systems were proposed by the WfMC reference model, which describes a common model for building workflow systems. So, the WfMC reference model identifies the relationship between the various alternative implementation approaches [1] as, Build time functions; Run-time Control Functions; Run-time Interactions. As a result, these areas can be divided […]
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Business Process Modeling – Techniques and Notations
Business Process Modeling – In organizations and IT, the process can often be understood as a limited set of activities that are performed in response to an event, to generate output [1] and can be very simple or extremely complex [2]. It is a somewhat more ambiguous concept with different meanings, depending on the context […]
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Process Automation – Historical retrospective and basic concepts
Process automation can be approached from different perspectives and may refer to the intention to automate any conceivable part of procedural work within a business process [1]. This ranges from simple operations that are part of a single process activity to coordinating automated whole and complex processes [2]. This intention to automate any conceivable part […]
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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design – Design in the Software Process
“Object-oriented” is associated with coding and software development. In general, this is true. The notion of being object-oriented can apply outside of the role of a developer. Object-oriented thinking at first glance involves examining the problems, breaking them down into parts, and thinking of those as objects. Translating object-oriented modeling involves representing key concepts through […]
