An architecture and environment for decentralised, internet-wide software process modelling and enactment

Centralised client/server approaches to supporting software process modelling and enactment are common, but can suffer from serious robustness, performance and security problems. We describe a decentralised architecture for software process modelling and enactment, which also incorporates distributed work coordination, task automation and system integration facilities. Our environment based on this architecture uses visual, multiple view specifications of work processes, together with animation of process model views to support enactment awareness. This environment provides a robust, fast and secure system for coordinating work on distributed software development projects utilising basic internet communication facilities.