Modeling Simulating and Enacting Complex Organizational Processes A Life Cycle Approach

I describe our approach and mechanisms to support the engineering of organiza tional processes throughout their life cycle I describe our current understanding of what activities are included in the process life cycle I then go on to describe our ap proach computational mechanisms and experiences in supporting many of these life cycle activities as well as compare it to other related e orts Along the way I present examples drawn from a current study aimed at modeling analyzing and integrating an order ful llment process in a product development organization To appear in Simulating Organizations Computational Models of Institutions and Groups K Carley L Gasser and M Prietula eds AAAI Press MIT Press