COMP 5524 - Workflow Management and Collaborative Systems

COMP 5524 - Workflow Management and Collaborative Systems
Spring 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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)

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Instructor and Office Hours:

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

Lecture schedule:

First Class for Spring 2011 starts on Jan 17 in AG-710
Mon	18:30 - 20:30	AG-710
Mon	20:30 - 21:30	AG-710 or PQ603/QT402

Indicative Reference Books:

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nRashid N. Khan, Business Process Management: A Practical Guide, Meghan-Kiffer Press, 2004.

nD. Chaffey, Groupware, Workflow and Intranets: Reengineering the Enterprise with Collaborative Software, Digital Press, 1998.

L. Fischer (Editor), Workflow Handbook, Future Strategies, 2005.

Suggested Prerequisites:

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 --- (Management of Workflows)
Lecture Notes #5 --- (Analyzing Workflows)
Lecture Notes #6 --- (Architecture of Workflow Management Systems)
Lecture Notes #7 --- (XML)
Lecture Notes #8 --- (The Balanced Scorecard)
Lecture Notes #9 --- (E-Security and Protection)

Lab Tutorial Material

       Lab #3-5 Reference Notes--- (Business Process Modeling and Execution using BizAgi)

       Special Lab Session Files --- (Business Process Modeling and Execution using BizAgi)

       XML Lab Tutorials (All Supporting Material)

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 21/03/2011 [23:55 Hrs]
Assignment 2 - Submission Deadline 11/04/2011 [18:00 Hrs]

Quiz:

Quiz 1 ® Week 5

Assessments:

Assessment 1 (Assignment/Lab # 1, Evaluation results available from WebCT on 28/03/2011) On 20/10/08 (18:30-20:30; PQ-305)

Assessment 2 (Assignment # 2, Evaluation results available from WebCT on 18/04/2011)On 17/11/08 (18:30-20:30; PQ-305) - Results

Resources:

Business to Business Integration: