In this volume Gerold Riempp examines the interaction of different workflow management systems (WFMS) in geographically-distributed and legally-separate organisations. This is an emerging field of research known as Wide Area Workflow Management (WAWM). He examines the technical and managerial aspects of workflow management via a framework which he has developed to describe the problems involved in WAWM and to find viable solutions. Based on this theoretical framework, the author also develops a prototype software framework - the Wide Area GroupFlow System - to demonstrate the solutions via practical software tools. The tools will be available to the reader via the WWW. Also included are the results of case studies from some of the 15 developers who have been using this software over the past two years.

Wie baut man Wissensmanagement-Systeme (WMS)? Wie integriert man sie in Organisationen und zwischen ihnen? Das Buch liefert auf Basis praktischer Erfahrungen und der Auswertung einschlägiger Theorien einen "Bauplan" für WMS. Diese Architektur zeigt, wie Komponenten und Funktionen solcher Systeme aus Strategie und Prozessen abgeleitet und untereinander integriert werden können. Ein Vorgehensmodell, ein Messsystem, ein Organisationsmodell und Darstellungen zur kulturellen Verankerung helfen bei der Umsetzung von WMS. Ausführliche Praxisfälle und zahlreiche Abbildungen verdeutlichen Probleme und Lösungen bei der Implementierung und Anwendung.

In this volume Gerold Riempp examines the interaction of different workflow management systems (WFMS) in geographically-distributed and legally-separate organisations. This is an emerging field of research known as Wide Area Workflow Management (WAWM). He examines the technical and managerial aspects of workflow management via a framework which he has developed to describe the problems involved in WAWM and to find viable solutions. Based on this theoretical framework, the author also develops a prototype software framework - the Wide Area GroupFlow System - to demonstrate the solutions via practical software tools. The tools will be available to the reader via the WWW. Also included are the results of case studies from some of the 15 developers who have been using this software over the past two years.

In this volume Gerold Riempp examines the interaction of different workflow management systems (WFMS) in geographically-distributed and legally-separate organisations. This is an emerging field of research known as Wide Area Workflow Management (WAWM). He examines the technical and managerial aspects of workflow management via a framework which he has developed to describe the problems involved in WAWM and to find viable solutions. Based on this theoretical framework, the author also develops a prototype software framework - the Wide Area GroupFlow System - to demonstrate the solutions via practical software tools. The tools will be available to the reader via the WWW. Also included are the results of case studies from some of the 15 developers who have been using this software over the past two years.

Wie baut man Wissensmanagement-Systeme (WMS)? Wie integriert man sie in Organisationen und zwischen ihnen? Das Buch liefert auf Basis praktischer Erfahrungen und der Auswertung einschlägiger Theorien einen "Bauplan" für WMS. Diese Architektur zeigt, wie Komponenten und Funktionen solcher Systeme aus Strategie und Prozessen abgeleitet und untereinander integriert werden können. Ein Vorgehensmodell, ein Messsystem, ein Organisationsmodell und Darstellungen zur kulturellen Verankerung helfen bei der Umsetzung von WMS. Ausführliche Praxisfälle und zahlreiche Abbildungen verdeutlichen Probleme und Lösungen bei der Implementierung und Anwendung.

In this volume Gerold Riempp examines the interaction of different workflow management systems (WFMS) in geographically-distributed and legally-separate organisations. This is an emerging field of research known as Wide Area Workflow Management (WAWM). He examines the technical and managerial aspects of workflow management via a framework which he has developed to describe the problems involved in WAWM and to find viable solutions. Based on this theoretical framework, the author also develops a prototype software framework - the Wide Area GroupFlow System - to demonstrate the solutions via practical software tools. The tools will be available to the reader via the WWW. Also included are the results of case studies from some of the 15 developers who have been using this software over the past two years.