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Workflow Time Patterns for Process-Aware Information Systems

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Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling (BPMDS 2010, EMMSAD 2010)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing ((LNBIP,volume 50))

Abstract

Formal specification and operational support of time constraints constitute fundamental challenges for any process-aware information system. Although temporal constraints play an important role in the context of long-running business processes, time support is limited in existing process management systems. By contrast, different kinds of planning tools (e.g., calendar systems, project management tools) provide more sophisticated facilities for handling task-related time constraints, but lack operational support for business processes. This paper presents a set of time patterns to foster systematic design and comparison of the different technologies in respect to the time perspective. These time patterns are all based on empirical evidence from several large case studies. Their widespread use will contribute to further maturation of process-aware information systems and related evaluation schemes.

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  1. Institute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, Germany

    Andreas Lanz & Manfred Reichert

  2. Quality Engineering Research Group, University of Innsbruck, Austria

    Barbara Weber

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  1. IbisSoft AB, 104 32, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. LogicBlox, 30309, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Terry Halpin

  3. NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7030, Trondheim, Norway

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  4. University of Paris, 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, 75005, Paris, France

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  5. Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  6. Aalen University, 73430, Aalen, Germany

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  7. University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK

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Lanz, A., Weber, B., Reichert, M. (2010). Workflow Time Patterns for Process-Aware Information Systems. In: Bider, I., et al. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. BPMDS EMMSAD 2010 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13051-9_9

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