Practical Workflow for SAP - Effective Business Processes using SAP's WebFlow Engine [Hardcover]

Alan Rickayzen (Author), Jocelyn Dart (Author), Carsten Brennecke (Author), Markus Schneider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 27, 2002

In addition to giving you in-depth knowledge of the standard features of the WebFlow Engine, this explains all of the new Internet-based possibilities. It also shows you how process management fits into your organization and helps you improve the speed, quality, and consistency of everyday business proceses.

You will learn how to deploy and extend SAP workflows, create your own, and make your project a success. Of particular interest is the use of new technologies such as XML messaging as well as the insight you gain into the use of workflows in mySAP.com (for example, mySAP SRM and mySAP CRM).

Additional tips and tricks, checklists, guidelines for administrators, custom programs, and debugging techniques make this book an indispensable reference for everyday use.

Highlights:

• Setting Up an SAP Workflow
• Agent Assignment
• Workflow Administration
• Creating a Workflow
• E-Process Interfaces
• Using Forms
• Custom Programs

Editorial Reviews

Review

A very helpful guide for navigating workflow and providing a deeper understanding of SAP's approach to business process management. -- Connie Moore, Giga Information Group

A wonderfully practical guide to using SAP workflow, from authors who've been in the trenches. -- Thomas M. Koulopoulos, Delphi Group

The English-speaking world has long awaited such a practical guide. -- Adrian Samuels, PwC Consulting

About the Author

Alan Rickayzen is the WebFlow Product Manager. He has been with SAP since 1992 and in data processing since 1988. In 1995 he joined the SAP Business Workflow group performing development work as well as consulting for various major US customers. During this time he amassed a good technical knowledge of the product before moving in 1998 to workflow product management. He is the principal liaison for the SAP workflow user groups through which he has a good insight into the project factors and WebFlow features that make a customer implementation a success. He writes regularly for SAP Insider and other journals. Alan Rickayzen graduated from Kings College, London with a BSc in physics.

Jocelyn Dart is a Senior Product Consultant specializing in Enterprise Buyer Professional (EBP) and Workflow. She has been involved with SAP products since 1990, and has been in data processing far longer than she wants to admit. In 1994, she joined SAP Australia as a help desk support consultant. Later she became an SAP instructor giving courses in ABAP, Internet Transaction Server, Workflow and EBP. Explaining and demonstrating workflow to students, and generally tinkering around, has given her a unique appreciation of the breadth and depth of the WebFlow Engine. She is currently in Professional Services, performing development work at and advising various major Australian and New Zealand customers. She is acknowledged as a regional expert in both Workflow and EBP development, and is frequently called upon to assist international consultants with EBP and Workflow issues. Jocelyn Dart has a B.App.Sc.(Computing Science) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Dr. Carsten Brennecke has been involved in Workflow Management since 1995. In 1998 he joined SAP AG to work in workflow development. Carsten Brennecke is responsible for workflow documentation and he is directly involved in the planning and development of the WebFlow Engine. In addition, he takes an active role in the development WebFlow training and on occasion delivers training courses himself.

Markus Schneider has an MA in linguistics from Aachen Technical University. During this course he developed a new training and documentation concept for a local IT company. Markus Schneider joined SAP AG in 1998 to develop documentation and training material for SAP workflow. He is now in the WebFlow Engine development team and has a deep understanding of the underlying architecture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 549 pages
• Publisher: SAP Press (July 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159229006X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592290062
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,106,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential read!, October 31, 2002

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Tim (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Practical Workflow for SAP - Effective Business Processes using SAP's WebFlow Engine (Hardcover)

I am a functional consultant who has a techie leaning and did the WF Academy 2.5 years ago and have fuddled along since then.

Never truly understood the subject. This book has been a revelation and I now know exactly what is going on. Plus it's all put together in a highly readable, easy-to-understand format.

Would seriously recommend it for anyone working currently with the product, or anyone considering a move into this area.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good starter book, not enough programming, September 16, 2005

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John Welch (in the world?) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Practical Workflow for SAP - Effective Business Processes using SAP's WebFlow Engine (Hardcover)

This is a good book for the basics of workflow. It is also ok for functional analysts. However, it kind of leaves you hanging if you're a programmer. There is a lot of 'What', but not enough 'How' or 'Why'. If you're trying to build a workflow that does not have a specific example of the workflow step you have, you will know what I'm talking about.

Good luck,

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book worth till last penny spent on it., March 25, 2003

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Jorge Urcaregui Placer (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Practical Workflow for SAP - Effective Business Processes using SAP's WebFlow Engine (Hardcover)

You know, from time to time somebody decices to release certain valuable information. This is the case. I was really skeptic about this book after some dissapointing purchases. After 20 min with the book I realized this is it!. This book is well structured and if you are familiar with SAP you can follow the explanations without need of actually login into SAP.