Title :
A multigroup supporting workflow management system
Author :
Chuanhua, Jiang ; Xinjun, Wang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Shandong Univ., Ji´´nan, China
Abstract :
Workflow management system must support multi-group collaborations to satisfy practical business processes. The workflow management coalition (WFMC), which is working toward interoperability between workflow management systems, doesn´t concern with this subject. A paper by Zhang et al., (2003) introduces an idea to support multi-group collaborations in a workflow, but really lacks a concrete and practical method. This paper introduces a realistic method to support multi-group collaborations in a workflow management system. Based on this method, a prototype system is developed to indicate the applicability of the approach.
Keywords :
business data processing; groupware; workflow management software; multigroup collaboration; multigroup support; workflow management coalition; workflow management system; Application software; Automatic control; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Multimedia systems; Process control; Programming; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Workflow management software;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2004. Proceedings. The 8th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7941-1
DOI :
10.1109/CACWD.2004.1349054
