Autor: Jörn Franke
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The Future of 3D Printing
3D Printing has become a hot topic over the last years, although it roots can be found already 30 years ago. Analysts say it will become a billion dollar industry in the near future. This blog investigates what is exactly new and what we can envision for the future. I start with an overview of…
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The Emergence of Rule Management Systems for End Users
Long envisioned in research and industry, they have silently emerged: rule management systems for end users to manage their personal (business) processes. End users use these systems to define rules that automate parts of their daily behavior to have more time for their life. I will explain in this blog entry new trends and challenges…
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OData – The Evolution of REST
Introduction Making the data, hidden in various cloud platforms, available and understandable so that it can be processed by software services as well as human beings is one of the key challenges. Tim Berners-Lee coined this challenge “Linked Data”. However, he remained rather vague on how this data should be linked technically. An initiative of…
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Revisiting Risk Management for Business Process Management/Workflow Systems
Risk management and is a very important topic in the world after the financial crisis and dozens of recent natural hazards. I see risk management as a broad concept that does not only apply to the financial domain, but to any process of any organization. Two years ago, I worked briefly on the topic of…
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What is a Disaster? – Review
During my PhD thesis about information system support for coordinating activities between different response organizations in a disaster, I faced the issue of defining what a disaster exactly is and the coordination challenges related to a disaster response. This also involved discussions how it differs from emergencies or catastrophes. I came up with the following…
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Research Challenges for Case Management
I describe in this blog entry research and innovation challenges for case management from a business and technical perspective. This blog entry complements my existing blog entries on case management: introduction & standards, what constitutes a case and system concepts. This entry is relevant for managers, business analysts, enterprise architects, researchers and developers. Business Challenges…