Driven by the need for global excellence and customer value, agility and
innovation have become imperative for business. However, most business process
engineering and information system approaches address only operational
efficiency and economics. This unique book closes this gap. It shows
professionals how innovation can be systematized with patterns of information.
The book explains how business processes and information systems can be tightly
aligned and how they can be developed to automatically adapt to change. This
practical resource helps practitioners design business processes and systems
that are both agile and adaptable, coordinate integration of information across
supply chains, reduce time-to-market, and improve computer aided systems
engineering tools.