This document discusses supporting organizational processes with workflows and TAO's workflow engine. It begins by introducing workflows and the CBA process, then discusses designing organizational processes using a top-down and bottom-up approach. It explains that TAO uses one workflow engine for orchestrating tasks, people, tools, and time under various constraints. Specific examples are provided around item creation, testing, delivery, and results analysis. It concludes by asking where the workflow engine is employed and what the future roadmap includes.

1. TAO
Supporting your organizational processes

2. Conclusion
Introduction
1 WorkFlows and CBA
- Nomenclature of the WorkFlows (WF)
- CBA process and WF support – an overview
2 Designing your organizational processes
- Thinking – the Top-Down approach
- Building – the Bottom-Up approach
3 One and only one WorkFlow engine for TAO
- An on-going development based on our experience

3. Conclusion
Introduction

5. Conclusion
Intro
Workflow is all about orchestration, i.e. putting
• People into action,
• on Tasks,
• with the right Tools,
• at the right Time
• under the proper
Constraints.
• WorkFlows nomenclature
- ad-hoc WorkFlows
- procedural WorkFlows

6. Conclusion
Intro
Why is orchestration and thus a Workflow engine
needed for CBA business ?
• … is it, really ?
• for managing complexity,
• to constrain the process advancement,
• cost-effectiveness,
•…

8. Conclusion
Intro
Item
Test
creation Delivery
creation
Setup
Result log
Item analysis
reviewing
Test taking
Response
coding
Test takers
management
Item
reviewer Process
selection management
Item
translation & quality
control

9. Conclusion
Intro
Item Test Delivery
creation Test creator server
Item creation Delivery manager
creator Setup
Test
Item
takers Response
reviewing Test taking
coder
Item Response
reviewer coding
Item
Subject National
reviewer
manage project Process
Test takers selection Test
r manager management
management takers
& quality
Item control
Item
translation translator

10. Conclusion
Intro
Item Item Test Test
creator creation creation creator
National Item Delivery
reviewer Delivery
project Setup server
manager selection manager
Item Item Test Test
reviewer reviewing deliveries takers
Item Item Test takers Subject
translator translation management manager
National Process
Response Response
project management &
coding coder
manager quality control

11. Intro
Conclusion

12. Intro
Conclusion

13. Intro
Conclusion

15. Conclusion
Intro
Where do we employ the TAO Workflow engine ?
• in local projects,
• in national monitoring,
• in (very) large scale surveys and assessments (OECD)
Where do we go from now on ?
• please, visit the roadmap on forge.tao.lu
• new types of item selection policy  new connectors
• SCORM to unlink the items and tests from the WF

16. Intro
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