基于业务规则的工作流模型

Business Rule-based Workflow Model

针对传统工作流模型对业务需求变化适应能力不强的弱点,将以往以编码形式存在于业务流程中的业务规则独立出来进行定义与维护,通过业务规则指导工作流定义,建立基于业务规则的工作流模型BR-WFM。BR-WFM在运行时记录多个关键时刻点,并在每个关键时刻点记录工作流要素状态,通过在状态转换时应用业务规则,建立基于状态转换的BR-WFM运行模型。

Aiming at traditional workflow model lacks of the ability of adapting to the continuous changing business requirements,this paper separately defines and maintains the business rule existing with programmed style in the business flow.The definition of the business rule instructs the definition of workflow.Building a business rule-based workflow model BR-WFM.Recording several important time point to record the status of the workflow elements＇ When BR-WFM is running,applying business rule when status is changing and building status changing-based BR-WFM running model.