Hyperlinking the Work for Self-Management of Flexible Workflows.

The article discusses the authors' efforts to create flexible processes without requiring the explicit workflow representation for the specification and enactment of such processes. From 1999-2009, the article indicates, workflow technology has been used in the domains with processes that have obvio...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 6; pp. 113 - 118
Autores principales: JONGHUN PARK, KWANHO KIM
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jun2009
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Sumario:The article discusses the authors' efforts to create flexible processes without requiring the explicit workflow representation for the specification and enactment of such processes. From 1999-2009, the article indicates, workflow technology has been used in the domains with processes that have obvious coordination requirements. Workflow technology has achieved commercial success in automating routine business processes. Topics of discussion include coordination requirements that are not obvious due to inflexible workflows and decentralized workflow management environments.