Affiliations: College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology,
801 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0280, USA | Tennenbaum Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology,
755 Ferst Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0205, USA | Department of Industrial and Information Systems
Engineering, Chonbuk National University, 664-14 Duckjin-dong Duckjin-gu,
Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 561-756, South Korea
Abstract: Workflow management is a core component of modern enterprise
information technology infrastructure that automates the execution of critical
business processes. Since enterprise transformation typically introduces
changes to the corresponding business processes, it is important for modern
workflow management systems to provide effective support for seamless
incorporation of these changes. In this paper, we examine a collection of
selected workflow concepts and techniques that are significant for dealing with
transformational changes. Especially, we will focus on notions and techniques
that are directly relevant to enterprise transformation, such as workflow
patterns, workflow adaptation, and workflow data mining and merging. We also
include a short summary of business process management, the fundamental
concepts of workflow management, and a discussion of workflow support for
enterprise transformation to keep the paper self-contained.
