Business Process Implementation: Building Workflow Systems - Hardcover

Jackson, M. A.; Twaddle, Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201177684 ISBN 13: 9780201177688

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1997

Synopsis

Describes a new method for designing and implementing office workflow systems. Provides the reader with a way of clearly documenting the processes and process-related knowledge that are the end result of a business process reengineering study.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Jackson has worked in software for over thirty years, during which time he has been involved in all aspects of program and system development. In 1971 he started his own company offering courses, project support and tools for software developers. He now works as an independent consultant in London, and works part time in software development at AT&T Research in New Jersey. He played the leading role in developing the JSP and JSD methods of program and system develpment.

Graham Twaddle is Technical Director of Sherwood International, a company specializing in the design and production of computer systems for the insurance industry. Prior to this Graham was the founding director of Beta Computers, a company specializing in tools for assisting rapid application development in industry areas.

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From the Back Cover

This method was developed by Graham Twaddle and his colleagues and has been analyzed and described by Michael Jackson, one of the pre-eminent contributors to current software development practices. It has been tried and tested by Sherwood International UK who have incorporated it into their award-winning Amarta software support system.

The method consists of a carefully crafted combination of data and process modelling that permits highly parallel, and therefore highly efficient and flexible, workflow. Moreover, it embodies a novel approach to database design and implementation that gives many of the benefits usually ascribed to object-orientation but requires only a conventional relational database environment.

Key Features

• A clear adn insightful description of the method, its range of applicability and its use.
• Innovative diagram and textual notations for data and process modelling.
• A thorough description of the Amarta software suport system which provides insight into the implementation issues and shows how to mechanize and simplify developement.
• Questions at the end of each chapter, providing readers with an opportunity to check their understanding of the concepts involved.

This book will be invaluable for anyone who has to develop an use business systems for information and administration and especially to those working in an environment where office workflow is an important concern. It will provide the reader with a way of clearly documenting the processes and process-related knowledge that are the end-result of a business-process re-engineering study. It also provides an approach to implementing the re-engineered processes that have been tried and tested successfully in large systems for critical business applications.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201177684
• ISBN 13: 9780201177688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238