Course: Business Process Management (6600-611)

Persons:

• Frank Leymann (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

lecture with exercise

In-Class Hours Per Week:

4

Contents:

Workflows are IT realisations of business processes and are also considered an approach of significant importance for composition of applications. This course will introduce the foundations of this area, also known as Business Process Management (BPM).
1. Historical Development of the Workflow Technology
2. Business Re-engineering (BPM Lifecycle, Tools,...)
3. Architecture of WFMS (Navigator, Executor, Worklist Manager,...)
4. Flow Languages (FDL, BPEL)
5. Process Model Graph (mathematical meta-model: syntax, operational semantics)
6. Advanced funcitons (sub-processes, event handling, instance modifications, adaptation)
7. Two-level programming paradigm
8. Transactional support in workflows

Literature:

F. Leymann, D. Roller, Production Workflow, 2000

W. van der Aalst, K. van Hee, Workflow Management, 2002

Location:

Stuttgart-Stadt

Module:

• 6600-610 Business Process Management (compulsory)