PROCESS-DRIVEN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MARIO GIOVANNI COSIMO ANTONIO CIMINO
Academic year2016/17
CourseCOMPUTER ENGINEERING
Code686II
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageEnglish
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| PROCESS-DRIVEN INFORMATION SYSTEMS | ING-INF/05 | LEZIONI | 60 | | MARIO GIOVANNI COSIMO ANTONIO CIMINO unimap |
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Knowledge
The course aims to provide knowledge and experience essential for designing and developing enterprise information systems that are driven by workflow models.
Students are trained on how to model and develop non-trivial software systems with business process management suites.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
The oral test grading is based on the quality of (i) oral presentation and answers, (ii) report structure and content, (iii) Journal of Activities structure and content
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Final written exam
- Final laboratory practical demonstration
- Written report
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- preparation of oral/written report
- participation in discussions
- individual study
- group work
- Laboratory work
- ICT assisted study
- Practical
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning
- laboratory
- project work
Syllabus
Workflow and dataflow modeling: BPMN execution semantics; determination of scenarios and calculation of the number of tokens; workflow models from informal specification; the semi-formal textual description; UML data object specification; guidelines on how to characterize a process from real world contexts; handoff, service and task levels; group exercises. Lab activities with a process drawing tool and a process modeling suite. Business process simulation: simulation parameters; process logs; benchmarks; KPIs; task duration; branching proportion; available resources; number of instances; arrival rate; resources allocation for task. Lab activities with a process simulation tool. Process-driven architectures: evolution of enterprise systems architectures; Enterprise Resource Planning architecture; siloed enterprise applications; integration architectures; multiple-application workflow systems architecture; human interaction workflow; service-oriented architectures; enterprise services;
Bibliography
Recommended reading includes the following works; further bibliography will be indicated
- T. Allweyer, D. Allweyer, BPMN 2.0, 2nd ed., BoD press, Norderstedt, 2010.
- A. Sharp, P. McDermott, Workflow modeling, 2nd ed., Artech House, Boston, 2009.
- Dumas, M., La Rosa, M., Mendling, J., Reijers, Fundamentals of Business Process Management, 2013
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
