Managing and Communicating Operational Workflow

Managing Evolving Workflow Specifications

* This work was partially supported by the German Ministry for Research and Technology (BMBF) , project MOKASSIN under grant number 01 IS 601 D. Abstract Dynamic evolution of workflow models due to process (re)engineering activities and dynamic changing situations of the real process is one of the most important challenges in workflow management. In this paper, we present an approach for the ma...

Managing Laboratory Workflow with Labbase

We have designed and implemented a system for managing workkow in large semi-automated laboratory projects. This system sits on top of LabBase, a database management system specialized for representing complex biological data types and experimental steps. The workkow manager uses a simple state/transition model to represent laboratory protocols and ooers a perl-based API for interaction with La...

Workflow simulation for operational decision support

Simulation is widely used as a tool for analyzing business processes but is mostly focused on examining abstract steady-state situations. Such analyses are helpful for the initial design of a business process but are less suitable for operational decision making and continuous improvement. Here we describe a simulation system for operational decision support in the context of workflow managemen...

Managing Business Processes via Workflow Technology

Enterprise Integration : operational models of business processes and workflow systems

The complexity of modern enterprises makes enterprise modeling a major issue. The need for integrating several different features requires a powerful modeling technique, such as CIMOSA, able to represent functional, control, informational and organizational aspects. However, the study of a system yields limited results as long as it only consists of inspecting a static model. More effective res...