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Architecture Aspect

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This chapter discusses the architecture of the CrossWork approach, i.e. it explains the information system structure required for the support of the organizational structures described in the previous chapter. As such it represents a change of direction. Whilst the previous chapters discussed the business and organizational domains, this chapter is concerned with structuring a software system that can support and even automate activities in these domains.

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    Note that the “What” block is not about processes and hence is not in the scope of the three-level framework.

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  1. Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Paul Grefen & Rik Eshuis

  2. University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK

    Iain Duncan Stalker

  3. Exodus, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Kouvas

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  1. Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Booth Street W., Manchester, M156PB, United Kingdom

    Nikolay Mehandjiev

  2. Faculty of Technology Management, Section Quality of Products & Processes, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands

    Paul Grefen

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Grefen, P., Eshuis, R., Duncan Stalker, I., Kouvas, G. (2010). Architecture Aspect. In: Mehandjiev, N., Grefen, P. (eds) Dynamic Business Process Formation for Instant Virtual Enterprises. Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-691-5_5

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