Support for workflows in a ministerial environment
Support for workflows in a ministerial environment
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支持部长级环境中的工作流程
DOI:
10.1145/240080.240254
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
Sabine Kolvenbach
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作者:
W. Prinz;Sabine Kolvenbach
ABSTRACTThis paper presents the P OLI Team solutions andexperiences with the support of ministerial workflows byelectronic circulation folders. An application scenario ispresented that illustrates the user actions and cooperationthat occur during the processing of a ministerial workflow.This scenario is afterwards examined to identify essentialrequirements for a computer based support of suchprocesses. Based on that this paper describes the design ofan electronic circulation folder and how this is augmentedby a support for digital signatures, the integration of paperdocuments and a video conferencing system to satisfy themajor user requirements.K e y w o r d sw o r k f l o w , electronic circulation folder, shared workspaces,digital signatures, participatory designINTRODUCTIONThe decision of the German parliament to move the capitalfrom Bonn to Berlin increases the demand for a computerand telecommunication based support of ministerialprocesses within and between dislocated governmentdepartments. In this context four projects have beenlaunched by the German research ministry in theframework of the POLIKOM [6] initiative. Each projectfocuses on specific aspects from the wide range ofcooperation support that is needed in this application field.The central objective of the P