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30th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) Volume 2: Information Systems Track-Collaboration Systems and Technology
Maui, Hawaii
January 03-January 06
ISBN: 0-8186-7743-0
Michael Weber, University of Ulm
Gerhard Partsch, University of Ulm
Astrid Scheller-Huoy, Siemens Corporate Research
Jean Schweitzer, Siemens Corporate Research
Gerhard Schneider, for Artificial Intelligence
Two different areas of distributed group work are supported by workflow management systems and by real-time meeting systems. Workflow management is best suited for tasks which proceed in a predefinable way, and whose recurring appearance justify the cost of an a priori modelling. A problem of a priori modelling is that such models are static. Activities which arise spontaneously cannot be easily covered. Real-time meeting support systems are best suited for such ad-hoc group activities. Audiovisual connectivity and shared documents enable flexible group processes. To combine the advantages of both types of systems an integration concept and prototype system is introduced. Meetings are embedded into workflows using different categories of meeting models. Monitoring and checklisting support the course of meetings. The coupling of workflow management and meeting support is achieved by a meeting broker.
Citation:
Michael Weber, Gerhard Partsch, Astrid Scheller-Huoy, Jean Schweitzer, Gerhard Schneider, "Flexible Real-time Meeting Support for Workflow Management Systems," hicss, vol. 2, pp.559, 30th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) Volume 2: Information Systems Track-Collaboration Systems and Technology, 1997
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