Business Process Management, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web 2.0: Convergence and Effect on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Today's small and medium-sized enterprises have to be more and more flexible than rival companies to compete on the market. Two approaches how to ensure flexibility, re-usability of existing components and increased efficiency are Business Process Management (BPM) and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Moreover, Web 2.0 and Semantic Web technologies open a wide range of possibilities of how these approaches can be adopted in a company. This thesis gives an overview of Business Process Management, Service- Oriented Architecture and how these approaches can be adopted with new web technologies. Special emphasis is placed on how small and medium-sized enterprises could benefit.

Dominik Fuchshofer, Jahrgang 1986, verfügt über reichhaltiges Knowhow in den Bereichen der IT und Wirtschaft durch seine bisherige Ausbildung. Für exzellente Leistungen in seiner schulischen Laufbahn wurde er bereits ausgezeichnet.