Business Process Implementation
Building Workflow Systems

Describing methods that have been used to develop workflow systems of a novel and successful kind, this text looks at business process systems, consisting of a combination of data and process modelling that permits parallel and and flexible workflow.

* Innovative diagram and textual notations for data and process modelling.
* A thorough description of the Logicware software support system which provides insight into implementation issues and shows how to mechanize and simplify development.
* Questions at the end of each chapter, providing readers with an opportunity to check their understanding of the concepts involved. This book will be invaluable for anyone who has to develop and use business systems for information and administration and especially to those working in an environment where office workflow is an important concern. It will provide the reader with a way of clearly documenting the processes and process-related knowledge that are the end result of a Business Process Reengineering study. It also provides an approach to implementing the reengineered processes that has been tried and tested successfully in large systems for critical business applications.