Facilitating Flexibility and Dynamic Exception Handling in Workflows through Worklets

Adams, Michael J. and ter Hofstede, Arthur H.M. and Edmond, David and van der Aalst, Wil M.P. (2005) Facilitating Flexibility and Dynamic Exception Handling in Workflows through Worklets. In Bello, Orlando and Eder, Johann and Pastor, Oscar and Falcao e Cunha, Joao, Eds. Proceedings 17th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'05) Forum, pages pp. 45-50, Porto, Portugal.

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Abstract

This paper presents the basis of an approach for dynamic flexibility, evolution and exception handling in workflows through the support of flexible work practices, based not on proprietary frameworks, but on accepted ideas of how people actually work. A set of principles have been derived from a sound theoretical base and applied to the development of worklets, an extensible repertoire of self-contained sub-processes that can be applied in a variety of situations depending on the context of the particular work instance.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Status:	Published
Keywords:	workflow, dynamic selection, exception handling, Activity Theory, Ripple-Down Rules
Subjects:	280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280199 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
ID Code:	7984
Deposited By:	Adams, Michael
Deposited On:	06 June 2007
Alternative Locations:	http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~adamsmj/05Worklets_CaiseForum.pdf