In 1995, the "Business Process Reengineering" movement was at its height, and was about half the way through the cycle from... More > new concept to disillusionment. At that point in time the movement was probably at the height of inflated expectations. Seemingly, everyone wanted BPR as a management discipline to improve organizations. Office productivity vendors naturally focused on technology that might help management to do this. A lot of workflow products (we would now call them Business Process Management Suites) climbed on the BPR bandwagon. This tutorial covers the topics of BPR and workflow; what aspects of workflow can help BPR, and finally concludes with a set of capabilities, called "Collaborative Planning", that are missing, and will need to be developed before the real potential of a facilitated office can be realized. < Less

Everyone has heard of SOA and Web Services but few have actual experience in developing in these environments, and nobody... More > has the luxury of learning these lessons by trial and error; this book presents succinct and well-considered guidelines for handling error messages that will produce applications that are easier to maintain, and more comfortable for users. < Less

Considering a BPM or workflow implementation? Looking to boost marketability and industry credentials? Burnt by BPM and need... More > to hear from the experts? "BPM in Practice: A Primer on BPM & Workflow Standards" is the right starting place for understanding the most important standards including Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), XML Process Definition Language (XPDL), Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). < Less

Considering a BPM or workflow implementation? Looking to boost marketability and industry credentials? Burnt by BPM and need... More > to hear from the experts? "BPM in Practice: A Primer on BPM & Workflow Standards" is the right starting place for understanding the most important standards including Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), XML Process Definition Language (XPDL), Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). < Less

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In 1995, the “Business Process Reengineering” movement was at its height, and was about half the way through the cycle... More > from new concept to disillusionment. At that point in time the movement was probably at the height of inflated expectations. Seemingly, everyone wanted BPR as a management discipline to improve organizations.
Office productivity vendors naturally focused on technology that might help management to do this. A lot of workflow products (we would now call them Business Process Management Suites) climbed on the BPR bandwagon. This tutorial covers the topics of BPR and workflow; what aspects of workflow can help BPR, and finally concludes with a set of capabilities, called “Collaborative Planning”, that are missing, and will need to be developed before the real potential of a facilitated office can be realized. < Less

Everyone has heard of SOA and Web Services but few have actual experience in developing in these environments, and nobody... More > has the luxury of learning these lessons by trial and error; this book presents succinct and well-considered guidelines for handling error messages that will produce applications that are easier to maintain, and more comfortable for users. < Less