Ebook: Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: Rethinking Documents

Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is a bold attempt to address information and process integration issues as a single body of research and practice. This book has identified the concept of documents as a common thread linking the integration issues. Documents, after all, are representations of information, along with representations of the usage of the information contained therein. Rethinking the role of documents is therefore central to (re)engineering enterprises in the context of information and process integration.
The chapters of this book are based on papers presented at the `International Working Conference on Information and Process Integration in Enterprises (IPIC '96)', held at MIT on November 14 and 15, 1996. The chapters cover a range of issues: from the future role of documents in enterprise integration, to emerging models of business processes and information use, to practical experiences in implementing new processes and technologies in real work environments.
Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on information technology.

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Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is a bold attempt to address information and process integration issues as a single body of research and practice. This book has identified the concept of documents as a common thread linking the integration issues. Documents, after all, are representations of information, along with representations of the usage of the information contained therein. Rethinking the role of documents is therefore central to (re)engineering enterprises in the context of information and process integration.
The chapters of this book are based on papers presented at the `International Working Conference on Information and Process Integration in Enterprises (IPIC '96)', held at MIT on November 14 and 15, 1996. The chapters cover a range of issues: from the future role of documents in enterprise integration, to emerging models of business processes and information use, to practical experiences in implementing new processes and technologies in real work environments.
Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on information technology.

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Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is a bold attempt to address information and process integration issues as a single body of research and practice. This book has identified the concept of documents as a common thread linking the integration issues. Documents, after all, are representations of information, along with representations of the usage of the information contained therein. Rethinking the role of documents is therefore central to (re)engineering enterprises in the context of information and process integration.
The chapters of this book are based on papers presented at the `International Working Conference on Information and Process Integration in Enterprises (IPIC '96)', held at MIT on November 14 and 15, 1996. The chapters cover a range of issues: from the future role of documents in enterprise integration, to emerging models of business processes and information use, to practical experiences in implementing new processes and technologies in real work environments.
Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on information technology.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Documents, Processes, and Metaprocesses....Pages 1-14
Documents and Business Processes: Understanding the Links....Pages 15-29
Documents and Dependencies: Enabling Strategic Improvement Through Coordination Redesign....Pages 31-54
Enterprise Modeling within the Framework of Business Process Reengineering....Pages 55-71
Lessons from Paperwork: Designing a Cooperative Shared Object Service....Pages 73-93
Information Integration for Field Workers and Office-Based Professionals: 3 Case Studies....Pages 95-108
Crossing the Border: Document Coordination and the Integration of Processes in a Distributed Organisation....Pages 109-124
Approaches to Standardization of Documents....Pages 125-142
Information and Process Integration from User Requirements Elicitation: A Case Study of Documents in a Social Services Agency....Pages 143-160
Three Good Reasons for Using a Petri-Net-Based Workflow Management System....Pages 161-182
Logical Structure Transformation Between SGML Documents....Pages 183-197
Task Oriented Modeling of Document Security in CapBasED-AMS....Pages 199-214
The Partial Order Model of Data: Enterprise Integration via a Unifying Model....Pages 215-227
Information Integration in Maintenance and Design Processes: A Modeling Effort....Pages 229-241
The LSS Project: A Case Study for Integrating an Electronic Document Repository into the Legal Process....Pages 243-259
Dynamic Documents and Situated Processes: Building on Local Knowledge in Field Service....Pages 261-276
Document and Process Transformation During the Product Life Cycle....Pages 277-284
Forming the Research and Development Workplace: Documents as the Glue in the Process Design....Pages 285-304
Understanding of Business and Organizational Issues Surrounding Integration: Redesigning Mit’s Publishing Services....Pages 305-320
Process Redesign in Education: The Case of Documents....Pages 321-337
Knowledge Worker System for Process Integration....Pages 339-351
Web Publishing and Changes in Document Production....Pages 353-369
Paper Documents: Implications of Changing Media for Business Process Redesign....Pages 371-404
Guiding Enterprise Change: A Group Exercise in Information and Process Integration....Pages 405-411
Back Matter....Pages 412-419

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Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is a bold attempt to address information and process integration issues as a single body of research and practice. This book has identified the concept of documents as a common thread linking the integration issues. Documents, after all, are representations of information, along with representations of the usage of the information contained therein. Rethinking the role of documents is therefore central to (re)engineering enterprises in the context of information and process integration.
The chapters of this book are based on papers presented at the `International Working Conference on Information and Process Integration in Enterprises (IPIC '96)', held at MIT on November 14 and 15, 1996. The chapters cover a range of issues: from the future role of documents in enterprise integration, to emerging models of business processes and information use, to practical experiences in implementing new processes and technologies in real work environments.
Information and Process Integration in Enterprises: RethinkingDocuments is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on information technology.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Documents, Processes, and Metaprocesses....Pages 1-14
Documents and Business Processes: Understanding the Links....Pages 15-29
Documents and Dependencies: Enabling Strategic Improvement Through Coordination Redesign....Pages 31-54
Enterprise Modeling within the Framework of Business Process Reengineering....Pages 55-71
Lessons from Paperwork: Designing a Cooperative Shared Object Service....Pages 73-93
Information Integration for Field Workers and Office-Based Professionals: 3 Case Studies....Pages 95-108
Crossing the Border: Document Coordination and the Integration of Processes in a Distributed Organisation....Pages 109-124
Approaches to Standardization of Documents....Pages 125-142
Information and Process Integration from User Requirements Elicitation: A Case Study of Documents in a Social Services Agency....Pages 143-160
Three Good Reasons for Using a Petri-Net-Based Workflow Management System....Pages 161-182
Logical Structure Transformation Between SGML Documents....Pages 183-197
Task Oriented Modeling of Document Security in CapBasED-AMS....Pages 199-214
The Partial Order Model of Data: Enterprise Integration via a Unifying Model....Pages 215-227
Information Integration in Maintenance and Design Processes: A Modeling Effort....Pages 229-241
The LSS Project: A Case Study for Integrating an Electronic Document Repository into the Legal Process....Pages 243-259
Dynamic Documents and Situated Processes: Building on Local Knowledge in Field Service....Pages 261-276
Document and Process Transformation During the Product Life Cycle....Pages 277-284
Forming the Research and Development Workplace: Documents as the Glue in the Process Design....Pages 285-304
Understanding of Business and Organizational Issues Surrounding Integration: Redesigning Mit’s Publishing Services....Pages 305-320
Process Redesign in Education: The Case of Documents....Pages 321-337
Knowledge Worker System for Process Integration....Pages 339-351
Web Publishing and Changes in Document Production....Pages 353-369
Paper Documents: Implications of Changing Media for Business Process Redesign....Pages 371-404
Guiding Enterprise Change: A Group Exercise in Information and Process Integration....Pages 405-411
Back Matter....Pages 412-419
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