Albert Fleischmann has worked as scientific advisor and software engineer for over 30 years, and has extensive experience in business process management. He is the founder of S-BPM and its major industrial release Metasonic® and drives new professional implementations. In theory and practice he successfully realizes initiatives of projects, processes and quality management in enterprises. Currently he is working for further enhancements of the S-BPM concept and publishes the corresponding results regularly at several conferences.Werner Schmidt is Professor of Business Informatics at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) Business School, Germany. His teaching and research areas include business process management and IT management. Werner is co-founder and chairperson of the Institute of Innovative Process Management. He has many years of industry experience in BPM and software development projects, gained while working for various software and service providers.Christian Stary is Professor for Business Information Systems at University of Linz, Austria. His research areas include interactive design of socio-technical systems, business process management, conceptual modeling and knowledge management. He is one of the founders and chair of the Competence Center on Knowledge Management, the International Council on Knowledge Management, and organizer of several academic events on interactive systems, business process and knowledge management.

"If you are a business analyst, business process manager, or organizational development consultant, stop what you're doing right now and take a look at this book. ... This book presents an emerging approach for agile business process management. Start here to help your organization become more agile." (Ernest Hughes, Computing Reviews, August, 2015)

• 1 Introduction.- Part I Business Operation Support.- 2 Subject-Oriented Business Processes Meet Strategic Management: Two Case Studies from the Manufacturing Industry.- 3 Communication- and Value-Based Organizational Development at the University Clinic for Radiotherapy-Radiation Oncology.- 4 Introducing S-BPM at an IT Service Providers.- 5 A Service Hardware Application Case Fiducia.- 6 Designing an Agile Process Layer for Competitive Differentiation.- Part II Consultancy and Education Support.- 7 Model as You Do: Engaging an S-BPM Vendor on Process Modelling in 3D Virtual Worlds.- 8 A Tangible Modeling Interface for Subject-Oriented Business Process Management.- 9 A Reference Model for Maintenance Processes.- 10 Role and Rights Management.- 11 Embodying Business Rules in S-BPM.- 12 Agents Implementing Subject Behaviour: A Manufacturing Scenario.- Part III Technical Execution Support.- 13 An Abstract State Machine Interpreter for S-BPM.- 14 Structured Communication—Approaching S-BPM with Microsoft Technologies.- 15 ERP Integration in S-BPM Processes.

Albert Fleischmann has worked as scientific advisor and software engineer for over 30 years, and has extensive experience in business process management. He is the founder of S-BPM and its major industrial release Metasonic® and drives new professional implementations. In theory and practice he successfully realizes initiatives of projects, processes and quality management in enterprises. Currently he is working for further enhancements of the S-BPM concept and publishes the corresponding results regularly at several conferences.Werner Schmidt is Professor of Business Informatics at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) Business School, Germany. His teaching and research areas include business process management and IT management. Werner is co-founder and chairperson of the Institute of Innovative Process Management. He has many years of industry experience in BPM and software development projects, gained while working for various software and service providers.Christian Stary is Professor for Business Information Systems at University of Linz, Austria. His research areas include interactive design of socio-technical systems, business process management, conceptual modeling and knowledge management. He is one of the founders and chair of the Competence Center on Knowledge Management, the International Council on Knowledge Management, and organizer of several academic events on interactive systems, business process and knowledge management.

"If you are a business analyst, business process manager, or organizational development consultant, stop what you're doing right now and take a look at this book. ... This book presents an emerging approach for agile business process management. Start here to help your organization become more agile." (Ernest Hughes, Computing Reviews, August, 2015)

• 1 Introduction.- Part I Business Operation Support.- 2 Subject-Oriented Business Processes Meet Strategic Management: Two Case Studies from the Manufacturing Industry.- 3 Communication- and Value-Based Organizational Development at the University Clinic for Radiotherapy-Radiation Oncology.- 4 Introducing S-BPM at an IT Service Providers.- 5 A Service Hardware Application Case Fiducia.- 6 Designing an Agile Process Layer for Competitive Differentiation.- Part II Consultancy and Education Support.- 7 Model as You Do: Engaging an S-BPM Vendor on Process Modelling in 3D Virtual Worlds.- 8 A Tangible Modeling Interface for Subject-Oriented Business Process Management.- 9 A Reference Model for Maintenance Processes.- 10 Role and Rights Management.- 11 Embodying Business Rules in S-BPM.- 12 Agents Implementing Subject Behaviour: A Manufacturing Scenario.- Part III Technical Execution Support.- 13 An Abstract State Machine Interpreter for S-BPM.- 14 Structured Communication—Approaching S-BPM with Microsoft Technologies.- 15 ERP Integration in S-BPM Processes.

Albert Fleischmann has worked as scientific advisor and software engineer for over 30 years, and has extensive experience in business process management. He is the founder of S-BPM and its major industrial release Metasonic® and drives new professional implementations. In theory and practice he successfully realizes initiatives of projects, processes and quality management in enterprises. Currently he is working for further enhancements of the S-BPM concept and publishes the corresponding results regularly at several conferences.Werner Schmidt is Professor of Business Informatics at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) Business School, Germany. His teaching and research areas include business process management and IT management. Werner is co-founder and chairperson of the Institute of Innovative Process Management. He has many years of industry experience in BPM and software development projects, gained while working for various software and service providers.Christian Stary is Professor for Business Information Systems at University of Linz, Austria. His research areas include interactive design of socio-technical systems, business process management, conceptual modeling and knowledge management. He is one of the founders and chair of the Competence Center on Knowledge Management, the International Council on Knowledge Management, and organizer of several academic events on interactive systems, business process and knowledge management.

"If you are a business analyst, business process manager, or organizational development consultant, stop what you're doing right now and take a look at this book. ... This book presents an emerging approach for agile business process management. Start here to help your organization become more agile." (Ernest Hughes, Computing Reviews, August, 2015)

• 1 Introduction.- Part I Business Operation Support.- 2 Subject-Oriented Business Processes Meet Strategic Management: Two Case Studies from the Manufacturing Industry.- 3 Communication- and Value-Based Organizational Development at the University Clinic for Radiotherapy-Radiation Oncology.- 4 Introducing S-BPM at an IT Service Providers.- 5 A Service Hardware Application Case Fiducia.- 6 Designing an Agile Process Layer for Competitive Differentiation.- Part II Consultancy and Education Support.- 7 Model as You Do: Engaging an S-BPM Vendor on Process Modelling in 3D Virtual Worlds.- 8 A Tangible Modeling Interface for Subject-Oriented Business Process Management.- 9 A Reference Model for Maintenance Processes.- 10 Role and Rights Management.- 11 Embodying Business Rules in S-BPM.- 12 Agents Implementing Subject Behaviour: A Manufacturing Scenario.- Part III Technical Execution Support.- 13 An Abstract State Machine Interpreter for S-BPM.- 14 Structured Communication—Approaching S-BPM with Microsoft Technologies.- 15 ERP Integration in S-BPM Processes.