Inter-Enterprise Coll aborative Business Process Management.pdfVIP

Inte r-Ente rprise Collab orative Busine ss Proce ss M anage m e nt Qim ing Ch e n , M e ich un H su Softw are Te ch n ology Lab oratory H P Lab oratorie s Palo Alto H PL-2000- 107 th August 17 , 2000* E-m ail: qch e n @h pl.h coope rative Conve n tion alw ork flow syste m s are prim arily d esigned for intra-ente rprise process m an age m e n t, and th e y are h ardly used to h andle processes w ith proce ss task s and data se parated by ente rprise b oundaries , for re asons such as m anage m e n t se curity , privacy , sh arability , fire w alls , e tc. Furth e r th e coope ration of m ultiple e n te rprises is often b ased on pe e r-to-pe e r in te ractions rath e r th an ce n tralized coordination . As a result, th e conve n tion alce n tralized process m an age m e n t arch ite cture d oes n ot fit into th e picture of inte r-e n te rprise business -to-business E -Com m e rce . W e h ave de ve loped a Collaborative Process Manage r (CPM ) to support de ce n tralized , pe e r-to-pe e r process m an age m e n t for inte r-ente rprise collaboration at th e business process le ve l. A collaborative process is not h andled by a ce n tralized w ork flow e n gine , but by m ultiple CPMs , e ach re presen ts a player in th e business process . Each CPM is used to sch edule , dispatch and con trolt