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Application of Lean and Agile Principles to Workflow Management

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Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering (XP 2004)

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Today’s dynamic and uncertain business environment requires quick reaction to change and frequent deviations from plans. Lean principles and agile methods address this need and have been successfully applied to software development. This paper shows how lean development and agile values can be applied to workflow management, as workflow modeling has strong similarities to software development. The required adaptability is enabled by the integration of workflow management and conversational case-based reasoning (CCBR) and is implemented by the research prototype CBRFlow.

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  1. Institute of Computer Science Quality Engineering Research Group, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/7, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Barbara Weber

  2. EVOLUTION Consulting, Jahnstraße 26, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Werner Wild

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    Jutta Eckstein

  2. Informatik og Matematisk Modellering, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Lyngby,  

    Hubert Baumeister

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Weber, B., Wild, W. (2004). Application of Lean and Agile Principles to Workflow Management. In: Eckstein, J., Baumeister, H. (eds) Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering. XP 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3092. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24853-8_36

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