Workflow Management – Models, Methods and Systems (OIP) (Information Systems) - Softcover

Aalst, Wil M.p. Van De; Hee, Kees Van; Yu, Eric; Matthes, Florian; Papazoglou, Michael P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262720469 ISBN 13: 9780262720465

Publisher: MIT Press, 2004

Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to workflow management, the management of business processes with information technology. By defining, analyzing, and redesigning an organization's resources and operations, workflow management systems ensure that the right information reaches the right person or computer application at the right time. The book provides a basic overview of workflow terminology and organization, as well as detailed coverage of workflow modeling with Petri nets. Because Petri nets make definitions easier to understand for nonexperts, they facilitate communication between designers and users. The book includes a chapter of case studies, review exercises, and a glossary. A special Web site developed by the authors, www.workflowcourse.com, features animation, interactive examples, lecture materials, exercises and solutions, relevant links, and other valuable resources for the classroom.

About this title

Review:

""Business process management techniques are of increasing importance in research and in practice; I consider knowledge in this field indispensable for young professionals. I use Workflow Management "in my university courses because it combines sound modeling techniques with experience from applications in an impressive way."

About the Author:

Wil M.P. van der Aalst is Distinguished University Professor at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. He is the coauthor of Workflow Management: Models, Methods, and Systems and Modeling Business Processes: A Petri Net-Oriented Approach (both published by the MIT Press). Kees van Hee is Professor of Computing Science at Eindhoven University of Technology and Chairman of the Board of Deloitte & Touche Bakkenist.

About this edition

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0262720469
• ISBN 13: 9780262720465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384