Instructor/Office Hrs Lecture Schedule Reference Book Suggested Prerequisites Course Objectives Teaching Materials Grading Grading Policy Assignments Quizzes Assessments Resources Teaching Assistant Useful Links (Useful Material and Journal Article's)

Instructor and Office Hours:

Ajay Kumar (csajaykr at comp dot polyu dot edu dot hk)
Office: PQ 835 
Office hours: Fri 5:30pm - 7:00pm or by appointment

Lecture schedule:

First Class for Spring 2013 starts on Jan 9 in Z002

Mon	18:30 - 20:30	TU-103
Mon	20:30 - 21:30	PQ604

Indicative Reference Books:

No prerequisite - An undergraduate level understanding of basic computer skills is assumed since this course is directed for postgraduate students.

Course Objectives:

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The course will be directed to provide broad understanding of collaborative systems so as to streamline intra-organizational and inter-organizational business process. It includes the study of business process reengineering and balanced scorecard framework, process lifecycle, process modeling and analysis, system integration through EAI and XML technology, document management and imaging system. Industry standard such as WfMC workflow reference model and XML consortiums (e.g. RosettaNet, ebXML) formed in various industry will also be covered. The lab sessions of this course are focussed to provide hands on experience in the design, development and implementation of business process workflow/webflow solutions and XML based collaboration tools.

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Teaching Materials:

• Lecture Notes #1 --- (Course Outline & Contents)
• Lecture Notes #2 --- (Organizing Workflows)
• Lecture Notes #3 --- (Modeling Workflows)
• Lecture Notes #4 --- (Workflow Analysis)
• Lecture Notes #5 --- (Workflow Management)
• Lecture Notes #6 --- (Systems for Supporting Knowledge Based Work)

 

Grading:

The tentative weight associated with each grading component is as follows:

• Assignment 1 - 20%
• Assignment 2 - 25%
• Final Exam - 55%
   

Grading Policy:

• Assignments have to be handed in before lecture begins on the due date.
• Make-up for exams will be issued only under exceptional circumstances provided prior arrangements are made with the instructor.
• Instructor reserves the right to deny requests for make-up exams.

Assignments:

• Assignment 1 - Submission Deadline 23/03/2013 [23:55 Hrs]
• Assignment 2 - Submission Deadline 21/04/2013 [23:55 Hrs]

Quiz:

Assessments:

• Assessment 1 (Assignment/Lab # 1, Evaluation results available from BlackBoard on 31/03/2013) On 20/10/08 (18:30-20:30; PQ-305)

• Assessment 2 (Assignment # 2, Evaluation results available from WebCT on 22/04/2013)On 17/11/08 (18:30-20:30; PQ-305) - Results

Resources:

• Business Process Modeling using BizAgi (Supporting Resources)
• Modeling Workflow Patterns using Bizagi Process Modeler,  Bizagi BPM Suite - Functional Description
• http://www.workflowcourse.com
• http://www.processmining.com
• http://www.workflowpatterns.com
• http://is.tm.tue.nl
• http://is.tm.tue.nl/staff/wvdaalst

Business to Business Integration:       

• XML Lab/Tutorials: W3 Schema Tutorial, XML Training Guide, altova.com
• RosettaNet - http://www.rosettanet.org
• ebXML - http://www.ebxml.org http://www.tutorialpoint.com/ebxml/ebxml_architecture.htm
• OASIS - http://www.oasis-open.org
• UN/CEFACT - http://www.uncefact.org
• BizTalk - http://www.biztalk.org
• eCompliance - http://www.ecompliance.net 

Teaching Assistant:

• Mr. Zhongwei He (cszwhe at comp dot polyu dot edu hk)