IS 542: BPMS

The main principles and technologies applied in the domain of business process and workflow management systems. It discusses the background, origins, and evolution of business process management systems. It also covers the full lifecycle of business process management systems including modeling and design, and also highlights the key relevant technologies, standards, and frameworks. In particular, it explores the evolving role played today by web services technologies and service-oriented architectures, in the composition, choreography, execution, and management of business processes.