An editing system for working processes

Abstract

Business processes are often complex and varying. Workflow technologies help people minimize errors and delays in the progress of a process within an enterprise. Within a workflow management system (WFMS), a process or even a project can be specified and interpreted to work directly. In this paper, we present an editing system and its two major components, PDE and FormDesigner, for the specification of a process. PDE is a graphical editor for constructing / modifying process definition. FormDesigner assumes the responsibility of integrating software components for building / modifying active application forms. With PDE and FormDesigner, a workflow application system can be constructed / modified rapidly and easily so that WFMS is allowed to run smoothly.