Business Process Management

Mathias Weske is Professor of Software Systems Technology at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam, Germany, where he leads the business process technology research group. His current research interests include various topics in workflow management, web services technology, and enterprise application integration. He is a member of the GI, vice chair of the executive committee of GI SIG EMISA, and a member of IEEE and ACM.

From the reviews of the second edition: "The subject Business process management is of interest to professional in business administration and computer science. ... The author opines that both the communities need to have a common understanding of the different aspects of business process management. In this context, he details the complete business process lifecycle from the modeling phase to process enactment and improvement, taking into account all different stakeholders involved. ... This is an ideal text book for the students for CSE & business administration." (CSI eNewsletter, Vol. 3 (10), November, 2012)

• Part I Foundation.- Introduction.- Evolution of Enterprise Systems Architectures.- Part II Business Process Modelling.- Business Process Modelling Foundation.- Process Orchestrations.- Process Choreographies.- Properties of Business Processes.- Part III Architectures and Methodologies.- Business Process Management Architectures.- Business Process Management Methodology.