1.1. Background Work Flow Management is a fast evolving technology which is increasingly
being exploited by businesses in a variety of industries. Its primary characteristic is the …

Workflow management systems (WFMS) are enjoying increasing popular ity due to their
ability to coordinate and streamline complex organizational processes within organizations …

In the last few years, workflow management (WFM) has been the focus of intense activity in
terms of products, standards and research work worldwide. Work in many areas of computer …

All of us have learned a lot during this exercise, and the enormous success of the first edition
of this book shows the great international interest for the topic and the results. A French …

Summary Workflow Management Systems facilitate the description, modeling, analysis,
enactment, and coordination of structured work processes by groups of people. These …

Based on the results of the study carried out in 1996 to investigate the state of the art of
workflow and process technology, MCC initiated the Collaboration Management …

Coordination is a key requirement of software systems where different parts have to be
adjusted in order to reach a common goal. A prominent example thereof are workflow …

Workflow is probably one of the most exciting areas of research that has emerged in the past
few years. The concepts and ideas have been around in one form or another for a long time …

Work ow systems hold the promise of facilitating the everyday operation of many enterprises
and work environments. As a result, many commercial work ow management systems have …