Exceptions and exception handling in computerized information processes
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Dynamic change within workflow systems
COCS '95 Proceedings of conference on Organizational computing systems
Workflow technology: trade-offs for business process re-engineering
COCS '95 Proceedings of conference on Organizational computing systems
Adept_flex—Supporting Dynamic Changes of Workflows Without Losing Control
Journal of Intelligent Information Systems - Special issue on workflow management systems
Analyzing process models using graph reduction techniques
Information Systems - The 11th international conference on advanced information systems engineering (CAiSE*
Automating Handover in Dynamic Workflow Environments
CAiSE '98 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
CooplS '02 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems
Managing Evolving Workflow Specifications
COOPIS '98 Proceedings of the 3rd IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems
ER '96 Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling
Handling Dynamic Schema Change in Process Models
ADC '00 Proceedings of the Australasian Database Conference
Modeling Exceptional Behaviors in Commercial Workflow Management Systems
COOPIS '99 Proceedings of the Fourth IECIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems
Dynamic Workflow Schema Evolution Based on Workflow Type Versioning and Workflow Migration
COOPIS '99 Proceedings of the Fourth IECIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems
On building workflow models for flexible processes
ADC '02 Proceedings of the 13th Australasian database conference - Volume 5
Enhancement of workflow flexibility by composing activities at run-time
Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing
e-Ghosts: leaving virtual footprints in ubiquitous workspaces
AUIC '04 Proceedings of the fifth conference on Australasian user interface - Volume 28
Customizing internal activity behaviour for flexible process enforcement
ADC '04 Proceedings of the 15th Australasian database conference - Volume 27
AGENT WORK: a workflow system supporting rule-based workflow adaptation
Data & Knowledge Engineering
Specification and validation of process constraints for flexible workflows
Information Systems
Resource disconnection management in MANET driven by process time plan
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Autonomic computing and communication systems
Data & Knowledge Engineering
Process-Aware Information Systems: Lessons to Be Learned from Process Mining
Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency II
Flexibility in Process-Aware Information Systems
Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency II
Workflow management in the grid era: A goal-driven approach based on process patterns
Multiagent and Grid Systems - New tendencies on agents and grid environments
Research a Novel Integrated and Dynamic Multi-object Trade-Off Mechanism in Software Project
ICIC '07 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Computing: Advanced Intelligent Computing Theories and Applications. With Aspects of Artificial Intelligence
CSCWD'06 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Computer supported cooperative work in design III
Adaptive workflows for healthcare information systems
BPM'07 Proceedings of the 2007 international conference on Business process management
Self-adjusting recommendations for people-driven ad-hoc processes
BPM'10 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Business process management
A collaborative approach to maturing process-related knowledge
BPM'10 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Business process management
Supporting dynamic, people-driven processes through self-learning of message flows
CAiSE'11 Proceedings of the 23rd international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
Flexible workflow incorporated with RBAC
CSCWD'05 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design II
Balancing flexibility and security in adaptive process management systems
OTM'05 Proceedings of the 2005 Confederated international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems - Volume >Part I
Propagating changes between aligned process models
Journal of Systems and Software
Flexible processes in project-centred learning
EC-TEL'07 Proceedings of the Second European conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: creating new learning experiences on a global scale
Repairing process models to reflect reality
BPM'12 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Business Process Management
Case-based adaptation of workflows
Information Systems
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Workflow technology is currently being deployed in quite diverse domains. However, the element of change is present in some degree and form in almost all domains. A workflow implementation that does not support the process of change will not benefit the organization in the long run. Change can be manifested in different forms in workflow processes. In this paper, we first present a categorization of workflow change characteristics and divide workflow processes into dynamic, adaptive and flexible processes. We define flexibility as the ability of the workflow process to execute on the basis of a loosely, or partially specified model, where the full specification of the model is made at runtime, and may be unique to each instance. To provide a modeling framework that offers true flexibility, we need to consider the factors, which influence the paths of (unique) instances together with the process definition. We advocate an approach that aims at making the process of change part of the workflow process itself. We introduce the notion of an open instance that consists of a core process and several pockets of flexibility, and present a framework based on this notion, which makes use of special build activities that provide the functionality to integrate the process of defining a change, into the open workflow instance.