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Workflow management systems are used to support the computer based execution of processes in an enterprise. They require a description of these processes as well as an engine that implements the execution environment. Currently, workflow management systems have to introduce some new languages for the description of workflows in order to allow an execution of processes.
In this paper, we describe an approach which uses an existing and well accepted notation for the description of business processes as a workflow description language. This notation is already in wide use because it forms the basis for customising of the SAP R/3 system. In our approach, we reuse existing business process descriptions as input for our workflow management system. For this, we have realised a design component that allows a reengineering of existing business processes as well as a design of new processes. These descriptions are mapped onto a workflow management engine built using an active database system. It turns out that this reuse of legacy business process descriptions is a feasible approach to workflow management.
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Zukunft, O., Rump, F. (1996). From Business Process Modelling to Workflow Management: An Integrated Approach. In: Scholz-Reiter, B., Stickel, E. (eds) Business Process Modelling. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80317-8_1
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