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

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

I should really have explained my rationale here in forwarding this item.

On our call Monday I felt we were discussing in part the big picture
"what is BPSS?" - and I thought some of the items mentioned here
could serve as some useful pointers in passing to quantify where we
are now in time and space.

I don't think there's any major issues here;
I certainly feel very comfortable with our positioning and work
focus - and our usage case mix - just want to make sure we
have the right answers to questions should we need (you always do!).

Thanks, DW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>
To: "BPSS ebXML" <ebxml-bp@lists.oasis-open.org>
Cc: <howard.smith@ontology.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:17 PM
Subject: [ebxml-bp] Fw: [wsbpel] v2.1 - Workflow is just a Pi process - new
paper from CSC, as PDF download


> Team,
>
> FYI,
>
> DW
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard N Smith" <howard.smith@ontology.org>
> To: <wsbpel@lists.oasis-open.org>
> 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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> > home office +44 20 8660 1963
> >
> >
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