... locates all data items of the form (xx
means “don’t care”): customer information.customer
profile.customer contact.xx.
3. For each item located, it forms a new data item of the form: repair
ticket.customer ... is created with no identified time for elimination. It is to exist as long as it
is useful for the business. A temporary role is created for a specific purpose and t...
... ample
Business Process Implementation for IT
Professionals and Managers
Robert B. Walford
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Walford, Robert B.
Business process implementation ... standards. For that work, he received a Warner Award, the highest
recognition that GTE Corporation gives for technical achievement.
In addition to Business Process Imp...
...
Figure 15. 4: Workflow reference model. (Source: WfMC.)
15. 5.1.1 Process definition
The process definition component of the workflow reference model allows workflow
definition information ... its use.
§ Organizations have used this methodology for a long time and are
comfortable with it.
§ It lends itself to very large projects.
The disadvantages are:
Figure 16.2: Proce...
... of timebreak partitioning.
19.3 .5 Convenience partitions
Partitioning is performed for convenience using the following criterion. A partition may be
split into smaller partitions when there ... Example of role partitioning.
19.3.3 Input transition partitions
Each role partition is then partitioned to agree with the following input transition rule:
A transition into a partition can o...
... repository. Unfortunately,
that is not possible. Any such limited definition would, of necessity, omit important
aspects of the repository function. For that reason, the definition of a repository ... discussion of the repository (Chapter 4) and business
rules (Chapter 5) .
Except for the last item, the motivation for those reasons is that they require explicit
attention. Withou...
... quite large, this process will not be explicitly performed in
this presentation.
5. 5.4 Rule operation
The last seven attributes of the rule structure provide the operational conditions for ... concerned not only with process definition but also with implementation and the
changes that occur in the normal course of business.
Because of the importance of process as the unit of...
...
software, each with its own life cycle, could be employed without changing the process.
Alternatively, for competitive reasons, a process could undergo considerable change
during its life with corresponding ... of initial process map testing, but it does have to be performed at some time
before the completion of the design/build cycle.
Before testing starts, the process map is...
... portion of a process (process
fragment) with activities that can be performed by a single role performer without
transferring control to another role performer. Using that definition, a dialog ... different roles involved in producing a
process implementation. For simplicity, a specific process implementation is referred to
as a process implementation for the remainder of...
...
21.2 Preconditions
The following conditions must exist before work on the activities of this step can be
initiated. It also is assumed that, in addition to the items explicitly listed in ... browser either with or
without Java support. The use of a browser may indeed help with the visual imagery and
reduce the time it takes to provide a working interface, but it cannot substitute...
...
the process or make it conform better to changing business conditions.
26.7 Postconditions
Step 8 is completed and may be terminated for a given development when the following
information ... produces an implemented process.
25. 2 Preconditions
The following items are required to be available before work on the activities in step 7
can be initiated. It is assumed th...