Last modified by Keith Swenson 2/24/2010
Public Description (Wiki Format)
Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC)
Founded in August 1993, the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) is a non-profit, global organization of adopters, developers, consultants, analysts and university/research groups engaged in Business Process Management (BPM). Workflow or BPM is the technology that supports people to do their work. Resulting benefit is more efficiency, traceability,and quality improvements.
WfMC creates and contributes to process related standards and educates on the benefits of process automation. WfMC is the only standards organization that concentrates purely on process. WfMC created XPDL and Wf-XML and had influence on BPMN, OMG workflow interface, ASAP and many other process related standards.
Mission Statement
- Increase the value of customers investment with workflow technology
- Decrease the risk of using workflow products
- Expand the workflow market through increasing awareness for workflow
The WfMC has over 300 member organizations worldwide, representing all facets of workflow, from vendors to users, and from academics to consultants. We invite you to join us and find out first hand what's going on in the Business Process Management and Workflow industry. As a Coalition member, you have the opportunity to influence developing standards and network with the key players in the workflow industry. A core value of the WfMC is "interoperability." One factor in a positive user experience for consumers of workflow technologies is knowing when two or more products are likely to work with one another.
Resources
- WfMC Forum - general discussion on all WfMC topics.
- Workflow Product Questions - a list of questions you might ask the vendor to be sure of quality.
- Workflow Research Forum - general discussion about workflow, BPM, and related subjects hosted by the Howe School of Technology Management.
References
An effort was made to add an article about WfMC to wikipedia, and the question was raised about whether there are sufficient independently published references to the WfMC. See WfMC Citations for a collection of references.
Meetings
- Apr 2008 Washington DC, Apr 22-24, Meeting at the Enterprise and Process Conference
- Feb 2008 Nashville Feb 25, 2008, Working Group Meeting at BPM Tech Show
- Oct 2007 Paris Oct 11-12, 2007
- Sept 2007 XPDL Working Group at Gartner BPM Summit
- May 2007 Washington DC
- Feb 2007 Sunnyvale California
Tutorial Sessions
- Oct 2008, DC BPM in Practice Tutorial at BPM Tech Show in DC, Oct 13, 2008
- May 2008, London BPM In Practice, full day tutorial.
- Apr 2008, Washington DC BPM In Practice, full day tutorial.
- Oct 2007, Paris France, Paris La D?fense ? WfMC Tutorial, a full day tutorial with 4 other presenters.
- Oct 2007, Poznan, Poland, WfMC Forum Poland 2007, BPM In Practice, a full day tutorial with 4 other presenters.
- May 2007, Washington DC, BPM in Practice: Understanding and Implementing Workflow and Business Process Management, a full day tutorial with 5 other presenters.
- Feb 2007, Santa Clara California, BPM in Practice: Understanding and Implementing Workflow and Business Process Management, a full day tutorial with 4 other presenters.
- Nov 2006, Taipei Taiwan, Following BPM Giant?s Steps WfMC Standards Tutorial Day, a full day tutorial with 4 other presenters.
- Nov 2006, Singapore, WfMC Standards Tutorial Day, a full day tutorial with 4 other presenters.
- Oct 2006, Tokyo Japan, WfMC Standards Tutorial Day Japan BPM Association 3rd BPM Forum, a full day tutorial with 4 other presenters.
- Sept 2006, Mainz Germany, WfMC Standards Tutorial Day, Part of BPM2006 CONFERENCE, a full day tutorial with 4 other presenters.