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VU Workflow Technologies (052513)

• LV: Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, Amolkirat Singh Mangat 
  • contact only through Forum, NOT via mail or phone 
     
• Tutor: «Tobias Pfaller» 

FAQ Regarding Organisation

• Compulsory Kickoff? See «u:find» 
• Location and Time? See «u:find» 
• Is attendance during class compulsory? No 

FAQ Regarding Content

• Deadlines for assignments? Will be set together during class. 
• How do I find out about deadlines and assignments (if I didn't participate in class)? Please visit this website. 
• How do I get discussion points? By answering content-related questions during class and in the forum, by being asked to present your solutions by the lecturers, through relevant contributions beyond the scope of the assignments.  
• Do I get points for presenting? No. 
• Should I present if my solution is faulty/incomplete? Yes (discussion points for other students are possible). 
• Should I present if my solution is perfect? Yes. Discussions about the solutions may lead to discussion points for other students.  

Grading

Organisational

• Participation Confirmation: Please send a mail from your u:account with a scan/snapshot of your Student ID-Card to «Andreas Wöber» till 05.10 20:00.  
  Without a confirmation, you won't be able participate in the course. 
• Course Conference Room: «BigBlueButton» 
• Note: On the 12.10. and onwards the (digital) classes will be held jointly for both groups from 11:30 - 14:45. 

Dates

Assignments

Resources

Chapter 1

• Introduction Slides  

Chapter 2

• Process Modeling Slides  
• Video Lecture 
  • «Introduction» 
  • «Business Process Reengineering» 
    • «Process Analysis» 
    • «Process Deployment» 
  • «Semantic Business Process Modeling Notations» 
    • «Information-flow-oriented approach» 
    • «Petri-Net-based approach» 
    • «Event-driven process chains» 
    • «Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)» 
    • «Methods of Semantic Business Process Modeling» 
  • «Quality of Business Process Models» 
  • «Analysis and Optimization of Business Process Models» 

Chapter 3

• Workflow Verification Slides 
• Video Lecture 
  • «Introduction» 
  • «Event/Condition-Nets» 
  • «Place/Transition-Nets»  
  • «Analysis of PT nets / Reachability Analysis» 
  • «Definition of safeness, boundness and liveness» 
  • «High Level Petri Nets» 
  • «Workflow Nets» 
  • «Soundness Notions and Analysis» 

Chapter 4

• Process Execution Slides 
• Video Lecture 
  • «Introduction» 
  • «Core components and their dependencies of a workflow management system.» 
  • «Workflow Implementation & Application Integration» 
  • «Definition of Workflow Model/Schema» 
  • «Definition and overview on aspects of workflow modelling languages.» 
  • «Well-Structured Marking-Nets (WSM-Nets)» 
    • «Detailled discussion of control flow (behavioural aspect)» 
    • «Detailled discussion on data flows (information aspects)» 
  • «Activity Nets» 
  • «Workflow Enactment Service / Workflow Engine» 
  • «Worklist Management and Application Invocation» 

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