Interorganizational Workflow Management : 9783838654713 : 29 May 2002 : Diploma Thesis from the year 2002 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: 1,0, University of Linz (Wirtschaftsinformatik, Angewandte Informatik), language: English, abstract: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: Conventional workflow management focuses on improving the efficiency of business processes within one organization. However, processes should not only be supported within the enterprise, but also when crossing organizational boundaries, e.g. in order to support new forms of collaborations as virtual enterprises. Due to the different nature of interorganizational workflows, conventional workflow technology cannot be directly applied. The most important requirement specific to interorganizational workflow systems is obviously that they are able to deal with heterogeneity and that it is not too expensive to achieve interoperability. Also maintaining the privacy of internal processes is a