文档介绍：Business Process Management
Mathias Weske
Business Process
Management
Concepts, Languages, Architectures
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Mathias Weske
Hasso Plattner Institut an der Universität Potsdam
Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Str. 2–3
14482 Potsdam, Germany
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Foreword
Business Process Management (BPM) is a “hot topic” because it is highly rel-
evant from a practical point of view while at the same it offers many challenges
for software developers and scientists. Traditionally information systems used
information modeling as a starting point, ., data-driven app