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An Enactment-Engine Based on Use-Cases

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Business Process Management (BPM 2007)

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We show how one can control a workflow enactment engine based on the information which is available in written use cases (as produced by requirements elicitation). We give details of how different aspects of the engine can be configured, including the process definition, workflow participant profiles, user interface, audit data, etc. These techniques have been carried out in an industrial setting, with considerable success. Our methods are applicable to engines for business process management, web service orchestration, and traditional workflow.

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    Avner Ottensooser & Alan Fekete

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Ottensooser, A., Fekete, A. (2007). An Enactment-Engine Based on Use-Cases. In: Alonso, G., Dadam, P., Rosemann, M. (eds) Business Process Management. BPM 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4714. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75183-0_17

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