Links

Links to get started:

• www.e-workflow.org - Case Studies
• www.processmining.org - Tools & Papers
• www.workflowdownload.com - Links to demo versions of commercial systems
• dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Workflow/ - Directory of workflow web sites

Standards

• www.wfmc.org - Glossary, XPDL, Wf-XML
• www.bpmi.org - BPML
• www.bpmn.org - BPMN
• www.oasis-open.org - ASAP, BPEL, BPSS
• www.w3c.org - WS-CDL working group
• www.omg.org - Workflow Facility
• www.rosettanet.org - Partner Interface Processes

Open Source Projects

• jawe.objectweb.org - XPDL editor
• enhydra.objectweb.org
• www.jbpm.org
• www.openbusinessengine.org
• bonita.objectweb.org
• xflow.sourceforge.net
• wfmopen.sourceforge.net

References

Good Introductory Articles

• van der Aalst, W. M. P.; ter Hofstede, A. H. M.; Kiepuszewski, B.; Barros, A. P.: Workflow Patterns. Distributed and Parallel Databases, 14 (2003) 3, pp. 5-51.
• van der Aalst, W. M. P.: The Application of Petri Nets to Workflow Management. The Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, 8 (1998) 1, pp. 21-66.
• Basu, A.; Kumar, A.: Research Commentary: Workflow Management Issues in e-Business. Information Systems Research, 13 (2002) 1, pp. 1-14.
• Kumar, A.; Zhao, J. L.: Workflow support for electronic commerce applications. Decision Support Systems, 32 (2002) 3, pp. 265-278.
• Stohr, E. A.; Zhao, J. L.: Workflow Automation: Overview and Research Issues. Information Systems Frontiers, 3 (2001) 3, pp. 281-296.
• zur Muehlen, M.: Evaluation of Workflow Management Systems Using Meta Models. In: 32nd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 1999). Ed.: Ralph Sprague, Jr., Wailea, HI, 1999.

History

• Zisman, M.: Representation, Specification, and Automation of Office Procedures. PhD Thesis, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (PA) 1977.
• Ellis, C. A.; Nutt, G. J.: Office Information Systems and Computer Science. ACM Computing Surveys, 12 (1980) 1, pp. 27-60.
• Suchman, L. A.: Plans and Situated Actions. The problem of human machine communication. Cambridge (MA) 1987.
• Medina-Mora, R.; Winograd, T.; Flores, R.; Flores, F.: The Action Workflow Approach to Workflow Management Technology. In: Proceedings of the 1992 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '92). New York (NY), 1992, pp. 281-288.
• Abbott, K. R.; Sarin, S. K.: Experiences with VVorkflow Management: Issues for the Next Generation. In: Proceedings of the conference on Computer supported cooperative work. Chapel Hill, 1994, pp. 113-120.
• Georgakopolous, D.; Hornick, M.; Sheth, A.: An Overview of Workflow Management: From Process Modeling to Workflow Automation Infrastructure. Distributed and Parallel Databases, 3 (1995) 2, pp. 119- 153.

Books

• van der Aalst, W. M. P.; van Hee, K.: Workflow Management. Models, Methods, and Systems. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 2002.
• Jablonski, S.; Bussler, C.: Workflow Management. Modeling Concepts, Architecture and Implementation. Thomson, London et al. 1996. (out of print, but good)
• Leymann, F.; Roller, D.: Production Workflow: Concepts and Techniques. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River (NJ) 2000.
• Reijers, Hajo A.: Design and Control of Workflow Processes: Business Process Management for the Service Industry (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2617), Springer, Berlin 2003.
• zur Muehlen, M.: Workflow-based Process Controlling. Foundation, Design, and Implementation of Workflow-driven Process Information Systems. Logos, Berlin 2004. (yeah, I know. shameless marketing)
• Proceedings of BPM 2003 and 2004 (Springer LNCS)
• Fischer, L. (Ed.): Excellence in Practice Series (several volumes), Future Strategies, Lighthouse Point (FL).
• Fischer, L. (Ed.): Workflow Handbook (editions 2000-2004). Future Strategies, Lighthouse Point (FL).