Architectural Design of FlexibleProcess Management Technology

PRIMIUM Subconference at the Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2008

Manfred Reichert1,2, Peter Dadam1, Martin Jurisch1, Ulrich Kreher1, Kevin Göser1 ; 2Information Systems Group ; University of Twente ; The Netherlands

Others  :  http://CEUR-WS.org/Vol-328/paper6.pdf
PID  :  22361

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

To provide effective support, process-aware information systems (PAIS) must not freeze existing business processes. Instead they should enableauthorized users to deviate on-the-fly from the implemented processes and todynamically evolve them over time. While there has been a lot of work on thetheoretical foundations of dynamic process changes, there is still a lack of PAISimplementing this dynamics. Designing the architecture of respective technologyconstitutes a big challenge due to the high complexity coming with dynamicprocesses. Besides this, performance, robustness, security and usability of thesystem must not be affected by the added flexibility. In the AristaFlow project wehave taken a holistic approach to master this complexity. Based on a conceptualframework for flexible process enactment and dynamic processes, we havedesigned a sophisticated architecture for next generation process managementtechnology. This paper discusses major design goals and basic architecturalprinciples, gives insights into selected system components, and shows how change