OnKeyIssues inInformation SystemforCollaborative Product Development Process

Fourimportant issues inInformation Systemfor Collaborative ProductDevelopment Processare discussed inthis paper. Theyareprocess outsourcing, process orchestration, process dynamicchange, and integration ofprocess management withsynchronized collaboration. A methodofdynamic refining ofprocess modelisproposed tosupport hierarchical activity decomposition, therefore fulfils process outsourcing. Loosecoupling messagecommunication architecture based onJMSandwebservices technology isdeveloped to orchestrate the cross-organizational product development processes. Inorder totreat process model changes inlong-running product development processes, aprocess evolution methodology isdiscussed inthis paper. Atlast, collaborative activity ispresented to support synchronized collaborative workinasynchronous activity schedule inproduct development process.