Fw: [wsbpel] v2.1 - Workflow is just a Pi process - new paper from CSC, as PDF download

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Team,

FYI,

DW
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From: "Howard N Smith" <howard.smith@ontology.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:12 AM
Subject: [wsbpel] v2.1 - Workflow is just a Pi process - new paper from CSC,
as PDF download


> fyi
>
> http://www.bpm3.com/picalculus/workflow-is-just-a-pi-process.pdf
>
> This paper provides an update on the unification of WFM and BPM. It was
written to provide
> enhanced understanding between the WFMC and BPMI community and may also be
helpful to
> members of BPEL TC at OASIS. It shows how workflow patterns can be
modelled using BPML
> and how BPMS can use BPML to implement workflow semantics. As such, it
illustrates aspects
> roadmap towards BPMS and the "use cases" for BPEL.
>
> Abstract: There is much talk today about a business process management
(BPM) rEvolution.
> The revolutionary part is about a new category of software known as the
business process
> management system (BPMS). The evolutionary part is about using the BPMS to
exploit existing
> business and technology assets in a way that creates new value. Along with
any revolution
> comes confusion. What exactly is BPM? Isn't it just workflow technology,
which has been in
> use for twenty years, plus Web services? Why don't we describe what is
going on today as
> the "new workflow rEvolution," a subtle extension of workflow systems? To
answer these
> questions, we explore the foundations of the workflow paradigm, and
describe the paradigm
> shift in technology that is needed to overcome limitations of workflow
systems to build and
> deploy robust business process management systemsthe kind of information
systems that
> businesses now demand as new sources of competitive advantage in an ever
more uncertain
> and complex global economy.
>
> Feedback welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Howard Smith
> CSC/BPMI
>
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