Software systems for enterprises are
large-scale software applications to support
data management,
business processes,
information flows,
reporting,
and
data analytics.
Such enterprise systems are typically
based on a combination of one or more
data management systems,
one or more business process or workflow management systems,
one or more reporting systems to
support business intelligence (analytics),
along with other systems (e.g., web access, authentication).
The two key components of an enterprise system are
management of data and management of business processes (workflows).
A business process (workflow) consists of a collection of
activities, services, resources, and often human performers
assembled together to accomplish business goals
(admitting a student,
emergency treatment in a hospital,
reimbursing a business trip,
granting a construction permit, establishing a law, etc.).
A focus of this lab is to develop effective tools to aid the design
and implementation of software systems supporting
the design and management of enterprise data and business processes.
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