Production Workflow: Concepts and Techniques

Enterprise "production workflow" is a multi-billion dollar marketplace! Implemented properly, workflow products enable companies to reengineer and streamline virtually any business process. In this start-to-finish, product-independent guide, two of IBM's leading workflow experts demonstrate exactly how to design and structure a production workflow solution that delivers maximum availability, reliability, and scalability. Coverage includes: the fundamentals of workflow systems; basic metamodeling techniques; advanced functions and application topologies; integrating transactions and objects into workflow systems; and building workflow-based applications. The authors also demonstrate process-based Case techniques for developing, testing, and maintaining workflow systems.