Introduction to Groupware, Workflow, and Workgroup Computing [Paperback]

Setrag Khoshafian (Author), Marek Buckiewicz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1995

The most comprehensive, practical introduction yet!

Everything managers need to know to make groupware work for their organizations.

This book is required reading for anyone involved with the planning and development of their organization's collaborative computing systems. It provides executives, organizational planners, and departmental managers with a straightforward introduction to the concepts, terminology, and technologies of groupware and explores the many strategic advantages that groupware, workflow, and workgroup computing have to offer virtually any type of organization or enterprise. At the same time, it arms systems administrators and developers with proven approaches to groupware system design, and offers expert guidance on how to tailor versatile, cost-efficient groupware systems to the varying needs of the groups they serve:
* The most timely, comprehensive review of the full range of groupware options currently in print
* Covers everything from e-mail, client/server and workflow systems, to electronic meetings and electronic coauthoring
* Includes examples that vividly demonstrate how groupware can work for any type of organization or enterprise:
* Shows organizations how groupware meets their business process reengineering needs
* Critically reviews a wide range of products currently available on the market

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Introduces readers to today's revolutionary world of shared computing. Provides a comprehensive overview of groupware products and benefits including document management library models, client/server architectures, workflows and electronic mail. Contains practical guidance in order to make groupware work in any size enterprise. Packed with case studies and examples to illustrate vital groupware concepts.

From the Back Cover

The most comprehensive, practical introduction yet!

Everything managers need to know to make groupware work for their organizations.

This book is required reading for anyone involved with the planning and development of their organization's collaborative computing systems. It provides executives, organizational planners, and departmental managers with a straightforward introduction to the concepts, terminology, and technologies of groupware and explores the many strategic advantages that groupware, workflow, and workgroup computing have to offer virtually any type of organization or enterprise. At the same time, it arms systems administrators and developers with proven approaches to groupware system design, and offers expert guidance on how to tailor versatile, cost-efficient groupware systems to the varying needs of the groups they serve:
* The most timely, comprehensive review of the full range of groupware options currently in print
* Covers everything from e-mail, client/server and workflow systems, to electronic meetings and electronic coauthoring
* Includes examples that vividly demonstrate how groupware can work for any type of organization or enterprise:
* Shows organizations how groupware meets their business process reengineering needs
* Critically reviews a wide range of products currently available on the market

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471029467
• ISBN-13: 978-0471029465
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,634,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Setrag is one of the earliest pioneers and recognized experts in Business Process Management. He has been a senior executive for the past 15 years. Currently he is Vice President of BPM Technology at Pegasystems Inc. He is the strategic BPM technology and thought leader at Pega. He is involved in numerous initiatives, including BPM Technology Directions, Enterprise Content Management and BPM; Enterprise Service Bus and BPM; Collaboration and BPM; Enterprise Performance Management and BPM; Service Oriented Architectures (SOA); and BPM Maturity Models. He is a frequent speaker and presenter in international conferences.

Previously he was the Senior VP of technology at Savvion, Inc. He invented and designed a powerful process meta-model and led the implementation for one of the earliest distributed Web-centric BPM systems, involving human as well as system participants through CORBA components.
In addition to BPM he has done extensive research and implementations of Object Oriented technologies, Groupware, and Advanced Database Management Systems. He was the inventor of the Intelligent SQL object-relational database. He also led the architecture, design, and implementation of one of the earliest distributed object-oriented database systems while working at MCC.

Setrag is the lead author of nine books and has numerous publications in business as well as technical periodicals. He has given seminars and presentations in conferences, to technical and business communities. Setrag has also been a professor for the past 20 years. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in several universities around the world ' where he provides his students a unique combination of academic depth combined with industry experience. Setrag holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin ' Madison.

His latest book is Service Oriented Enterprises, Service Oriented Enterprises, Auerbach Publications, ISBN 0849353602.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Provides a good overview., December 14, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Introduction to Groupware, Workflow, and Workgroup Computing (Paperback)

This book provides a good overview of groupware, workflow, and related technologies. But as its title implies, it is primarily an introduction and lacks an in-depth coverage of any single topic. I found it an easy read and somewhat useful, but it isn't a book that I refer to often (if at all).