Title :
An editing system for working processes
Author :
Chen, Yin-Shinn ; Wang, Feng-Jian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Business processes are often complex and varying. Workflow technologies help people minimize errors and delays in the progress of a process within an enterprise. Within a workflow management system (WFMS), a process or even a project can be specified and interpreted to work directly. In this paper, we present an editing system and its two major components, PDE (Process Definition Editor) and FormDesigner, for the specification of a process. PDE is a graphical editor for constructing /modifying process definitions. FormDesigner assumes the responsibility of integrating software components for building/modifying active application forms. With PDE and FormDesigner, a workflow application system can be constructed/modified rapidly and easily so that the WFMS is allowed to run smoothly
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; formal specification; subroutines; workflow management software; FormDesigner; PDE; Process Definition Editor; active application forms; business processes; component-based development; delay minimization; error minimization; graphical editor; process modelling; process specification; software components integration; workflow application systems; workflow management system; working process editing system; Application software; Buildings; Business process re-engineering; Computer errors; Computer science; Delay; Management information systems; Object oriented modeling; Software engineering; Workflow management software;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2001. COMPSAC 2001. 25th Annual International
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1372-7
DOI :
10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960636
