From: tjh@praxis.co.uk (Tim Huckvale)
Newsgroups: uk.events,comp.groupware
Subject: Practical Experience with Process Technology
Summary: Meeting of the IOPT Club, on practical experience
Keywords: Process Modelling Support Tools Workflow CSCW
Date: 11 Nov 92 12:59:08 GMT
Organization: Praxis, Bath, U.K.

Announcing a meeting of the IOPT Club for the Introduction of Process
Technology:

                Practical Experience with Process Technology

                          Monday 7th December 1992
                 Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London WC1

                                 Programme

0900   Coffee and Registration

0930   Welcoming Address

0940   Using RADs in Quality     Showing how Role Activity Diagrams
       Management Systems        have proved to be a very effective
                                 way of establishing, recording and
                                 following business processes within a
                                 Quality Management System.
                                 Mike Hewson, Praxis

1020   The Process Engineering   An account of a case study in process
       Project                   modelling being undertaken in
                                 conjunction with a large UK
                                 organisation committed to
                                 implementing the lessons of the MIT
                                 90's initiative.
                                 Ian Robertson, Manchester University
1100   Coffee

1130   PROWESS in use at         How PROWESS is being used to improve
       Citibank                  quality and productivity in systems
                                 maintenance at Citibank, by helping
                                 to put in place a standardised
                                 process which is "institutionalised"
                                 but does not impose a rigid
                                 methodology.
                                 Martin Page, Citibank

1210   Experiences in            An account of the experience of
       implementing a Customer   implementing a pilot process
       Service process           automation project for Customer
       application               Service ICL with a pre-product
                                 version of ICL's PROCESSWISE
                                 Integrator.
                                 Paul Butler, ICL
1245   Lunch

1415   Process technology in     A review of the techniques used,
       Local Government          benefits achieved and lessons learned
                                 from the implementation of Staffware
                                 at the London Borough of Enfield.
                                 Ian Tong, I.T. Consultancy and
                                 Greg Swatton, London Borough of Enfield

1500   A Process Architecture    Description of the process involved
                                 in deriving a PML model of a
                                 simplified bid management process.
                                 Martyn Spink, Manchester University
1530   Tea

1600   Panel Session             An opportunity to discuss issues
                                 raised during the day.

1700   Close
___________________________________________________________________________

IOPT Club meetings are open to any interested person.  There is a fee for
this meeting of #90 (members of academic institutions #40), to include
coffee, lunch and tea.

For a booking form, please contact:

        Tim Huckvale
        Praxis Systems plc      Tel: 0225 444 700
        20 Manvers Street       Fax: 0225 465 205
        Bath                    Email: tjh@praxis.co.uk
        BA1 1PX
___________________________________________________________________________

The IOPT Project (Introduction of Process Technology) is a DTI sponsored
collaborative project between ICL, Praxis, ISS and Manchester University.
Its main goal is to develop and apply computer support for cooperative work
in diverse industrial and government sectors, using process modelling and
other forms of Process Technology.  It also aims to enhance process
modelling languages and methods.

The IOPT Club was set up to help achieve the project's main goal by
widening industry understanding of Process Technology and its application.
It is intended that, through the club, members and IOPT partners will work
together in applying Process Technology to diverse markets.

The IOPT Club also produces a free newsletter, IOPener.  If you wish to be
placed on the mailing list for this and other information about Club
events, please contact Tim Huckvale at the above address.

--
Tim Huckvale, IOPT Club Secretary
Praxis Systems plc, 20 Manvers Street, Bath, BA1 1PX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)225 444 700   Fax: +44 (0)225 465 205   Email: tjh@praxis.co.uk
-- 
Tim H
"The appoggiatura, unlike the glissando, does have Italian roots."
(David Huckvale on "In a word", R3, 10/11/92)  (Tonight - "Ostinato")