4S-WfM

1. 4S-WfM Simple Semantic Structured Serviceable Workflow Management Aff@ri

2. Knowledge Experience Aff@ri: enterprise auto-poiesis by know/exp thai-chi RESOURCE Governance Development BUSINESS Stakeholders Business Community

3. properly! stakeholders make contents Aff@ri: enterprise master-data to improve business WHY? Organization Chart Roles M A S T E R D A T A Production Standard Norms work WHAT? Process Rules Procedures HOW?

4. Aff@ri: workflow definition by master-data Procedures (how) Workflow Roles (who) Norms (what) The workflow is defined inter-linking the 3 “forests” of master data

5. Aff@ri: enterprise business & resources metabolism RESOURCES WHAT HOW TAKE PROCEDURE STANDARD ENTRUST WHO PARTY DEFINE PRESCRIBE ROLE PERSON PERFORMER EXECUTE MAKE PROCEEDING CONTENT ACTIVITY RESULT BUSINESS

6. A 2 Production Norm of the Procedure 2 5 4 1 6 3 4S-WfM: semantic workflow 2 Condition Norm of the Procedure (Occurrence/+Valence) B Occurrence of the Content in the Dossier Valence of the Option in the Norm A Start 2 3 1/+1 B C 6 1/+1 5 1/+1 G D E F End The work-flow execution depends by the choices about the norm-instances (metadata), instead by the input-values (data), in the current-dossier.

7. 4S-WfM: from the flow-chart Why return to the “flow charts”after decades of “structured programming”?

8. 4S-WfM: to the BPM BPM (Business Process Model)

9. 4S-WfM: to an ALT semi-structured tree Business Process Modeling in Abstract Logic Tree (ALT) (IBM China Research Lab) To map processes into BPEL4WS

10. 5 Production Norm of the Procedures PostCondition of the Procedure (Occurrence/+Valence) L 5 G,K 6 2 5 N K M - 6 J 4 P 3 I H G 2 4 D 5 E 3 3 4S-WfM: up to a simple and well structured tree End Q 4 6 1/-2 Start 1/-2 2 5 O L A 1/-2 1/-2 3 1/-3 C F B

11. A n Production Norm of the Procedure 4S-WfM: late binding of the order-supply procedures Norms (1) and (2), of the “order procedure” (A), include as “party”: Order Procedure A 1 2 • “supply procedure”(C), of the same or other Enterprise. • “quittance norm” (4), assumed by the “return procedure” (E) (without its own norm) B C Supply Procedure 5 3 Return Procedure binding at “work-time” Supply Quittance E G 4 6

12. 4S-WfM: content automation by web-services Active Norms provide some specified Pre/Post-Processing of the concerned Contents at “work-time”: Pre-Processing populates the Content from other application Post-Processing supplies the Content to other application Pre/Post-Processor can consume any useful Web-Service, from the Enterprise Information System or available on the cloud.

13. 4S-WfM: very simple to implement and powerful to use • Simple user presentation and OODBMS mapping of the procedure tree, which integrate the “work & flow” definition, in each node. • Power users are able to create and modify the workflow definitions at “work time”, by simple editing of the concerned roles, norms and procedures (who does what and how). • Pre/Post-Condition of the procedures enable all fork-if/rendez-vous and loop in the workflow, through a simple “go up & down”, on the procedure tree. • Late binding of procedures enables dynamic supply-chain management, between roles or enterprises. • Active norms enable the workflow to “consume” any useful Web-Services, in a SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) environment. 4S-WfM supports both approaches to the BPM: project or procedure oriented.