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Within ERP systems, workflow models are used by business analysts to specify which business processes the system supports. The workflow model specify which actors that performs what activity in what sequence and the required resources. Within user interface (UI) design task models are used to develop task-centric user interfaces. Task-centric UIs can increase systems’ usability as it focuses on the end-user. In this article we will show how task models together with other models used in the field of model-based UI design can be created within the context of already existing workflow models. We show how standard tasks can be defined as editable UI components allowing role-based composition of the UI with support from the workflow model.
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Kristiansen, R., Trætteberg, H. (2007). Model-Based User Interface Design in the Context of Workflow Models. In: Winckler, M., Johnson, H., Palanque, P. (eds) Task Models and Diagrams for User Interface Design. TAMODIA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4849. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77222-4_18
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