1. Tieflow Workflow Toolkit -:By:- CSCI 6831 Capstone project Instructor: Dr. Kwok-Bun Yue Mentor: Mr. Scott Hetherington Midterm Presentation 04/15/2008

2. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit2 Team Information Team#1 Members: Vishal Dhalvani Email: vishaldhalwani@yahoo.comvishaldhalwani@yahoo.com Dhruv Shah Email: dhrshah@gmail.comdhrshah@gmail.com Amit Taneja Email: t_amit1983@yahoo.co.in Kartheek koganthi Email: kartheekkoganti9@gmail.com Mentor: Mr. Scott Hatherington Email: Scott.Hetherington@tietronix.com Instructor: Dr. Kwok Bun Yue Email: yue@uhcl.edu

3. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit3 Customer Information Tietronix Software Inc., 1331 Gemini Avenue, Suite 300 Houston, TX 77058. Website: www.tietronix.com Contact Person: Mr. Scott hatherington Tietronix Software Inc.

4. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit4 Outline Workflow process Existing application Proposed project RIA’s Architectural design of project Basic Transition Elements and rules Use cases Prototype screens

5. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit5 Workflow Process Definition: formal or informal flow diagramming techniques, showing directed flows between processing steps Passing of information according to set of rules Management of a workflow process

6. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit6 Workflow Process: Key Benefits Improved efficiency Better process control Improved customer service Flexibility Business process improvement

7. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit7 Existing Application Standalone desktop application input from graphical process editor Workflow definition : XML nodes in XML (distinct symbols and/or colors) –rocess_Start –Activity –Edge –Process_End

8. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit8 Sample Process

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10. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit10 Complex process Graph

11. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit11 Project features –Non Functional Display of the process no installation required –Functional Input : XML file process into flash player simulation engine –interacts with flash player Output: graphical diagram

12. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit12 Roles of each team members RoleTeam member Team LeaderVishal Dhalwani WebmasterDhruv Shah Technical WriterAmit Taneja Testing and debuggingKartheek Koganti Research and designDhruv Shah, Vishal Dhalwani DevelopmentAmit Taneja, Kartheek Koganthi DocumentationAll

13. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit13 Basic Constructs of Project

14. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit14 Proposed Project Aim :Create a web-based system in which the process definition of workflow will be displayed into Flash player at client-side four simulation modes: 1.Manual method. 2.Path probability method. 3.Path coverage method. 4.Time based method.

15. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit15 Two Major Phases Phase 1 Displaying the workflow definition graphically in flash player –Browse and select the input in XML –Parse the input XML –Generate workflow process Phase 2 Simulate the manual method mode - manually step through the process - identify bottlenecks

16. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit16 Technologies Used IDE and Framework: Flex Builder 2 Language: Action Script 3.0, MXML Client Side: Adobe Flash player 9

17. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit17 RIA RIA (Rich Internet Application) features: Desktop like experience to the user Make Internet applications more responsive Reduced network traffic From business perspective, problems such as slackened browsing and low customer conversion rate can be solved

18. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit18 Flex Data Services True publish-subscribe or push technology can be achieved using the Flex Data Services

19. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit19 Use Case Diagram

20. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit20 Architectural diagram

21. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit21 Summary Report Reports are displayed in flash graphically Reports are not stored on server

22. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit22 Assumptions and Constraints Multiple instances of an activity Assume assignees as roles Sub process details not shown Workflow process definition need not be validated

23. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit23 Project Timeline TasksWeeks #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15 Team setup and preparation Team website setup Study project requirements Redefine project requirement Study development tools (Flex builder 2) Building basic applications in Flex

24. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit24 Project Timeline ( contd.. ) TasksWeeks #1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15 Design and code user interface in Flex Design and code simulation program and algorithms involved at front-end (client-side) and back-end (server- side) Interaction of UI components with server- side Design and code to generate reports in XML format Testing and enhancement Documentation

25. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit25 Team Website http://dcm.uhcl.edu/cap08spgp1/

26. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit26 References Title: Flex essential training –Type: Video Library –Web-link: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=438http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=438 Title: Planning for RIA success –Author: Tad Staley –E-book: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/planning_ria/planning_ria.pdf http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/planning_ria/planning_ria.pdf Other Web References: –http://www.e-workflow.orghttp://www.e-workflow.org –www.carlosulloa.comwww.carlosulloa.com –http://flex.sourceforge.net/http://flex.sourceforge.net/ –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_application#Benefitshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_application#Benefits

27. 4/15/08Tieflow Workflow Toolkit27 Thank You