Case handling(management) vs workflow

[frantisek.kocun]

Hi,

what is the diferrence between case handling (management) system and workflow (process) engine?

I have read workflowpatterns.com and they call FLOWer not a wfe but a case handling system.

From http://www.workflowpatterns.com/patterns/control/state/wcp18.php :
"Note that FLOWer only re-evaluates the state after each change with respect to data elements"


So I was interested what does it mean and I found one interesting article http://www.bpminstitute.org/articles/article/article/bpms-watch-what-is-case-management.html . But nothing more concrete. Could you give the definition of case handling system and difference between workflow. Some examples are welcome!

Thanks

Fero

[frantisek.kocun]

Finally found something http://dbis.eprints.uni-ulm.de/187/1/SAC2008_CM-Track_CR_102.pdf

[kukeltje]

thanks for reporting back. Always interesting to read these things and confirm your own view. My answer would have been a lot shorter but it would have been close to what they state.

[frantisek.kocun]

Hi Roland, I like to see that somebody is interested in principles as well.

For all of you familiar with workflow but not with case handling read article
is.tm.tue.nl/staff/wvdaalst/publications/p252.pdf

It is far the best what I have found, worth reading till the end. It is written by professor Van der Aalst, the guy behind workflowpatterns.com.

[frantisek.kocun]

When you are looking for open source solution in java

http://osbl.wilken.de/wiki/index.php/Con:cern

[kukeltje]

hahaha.. we are not looking for an opensource solution in Java.... hahaha.... since I think you can achieve most of this with jBPM as well.... ad-hoc tasks etc....