Business Process Model and Notation

About: Business Process Model and Notation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9038 publications have been published within this topic receiving 190712 citations. The topic is also known as: Business Process Modeling Notation & BPMN.

Transparent-box business simulators: an aid to manage the complexity of organizations

Abstract: The various methods and tools most commonly used for management training at the present time are insufficient to deal with the complexity of organizations. It seems clear that the system dynamics (SD) approach would allow the treatment of complexity in a more realistic way. The possibility of relating the system’s structure to its behavior is one of the main features of SD because it helps to understand the reasons behind this behavior and should favor decision making and an understanding of the phenomena observed. This possibility is offered by transparent-box business simulators that, in this way, help to overcome the deficiencies of other education tools.

Metrics for Business Process Models

Abstract: Up until now, there has been little research on why people introduce errors in real-world business process models. In a more general context, Simon [404] points to the limitations of cognitive capabilities and concludes that humans act rationally only to a certain extent. Concerning modeling errors, this argument would imply that human modelers lose track of the interrelations of large and complex models due to their limited cognitive capabilities and introduce errors that they would not insert in a small model. A recent study by Mendling et al. [275] explores in how far certain complexity metrics of business process models have the potential to serve as error determinants. The authors conclude that complexity indeed appears to have an impact on error probability. Before we can test such a hypothesis in a more general setting, we have to establish an understanding of how we can define determinants that drive error probability and how we can measure them.

Transforming UMM Business Collaboration Models to BPEL

Abstract: UN/CEFACT’s Modeling Methodology (UMM) has been developed to analyze and design B2B business processes independent of the underlying exchange technology. It became the methodology of choice for developing ebXML business processes. Another technology for realizing B2B partnerships is Web Services. Currently, the business process execution languages (BPEL) seems to be the winner amongst the Web Services languages for orchestration and choreography. If Web Services is used as underlying exchange technology for B2B, the semantics of UMM business processes must be represented in BPEL. The goal of this paper is to verify whether BPEL is appropriate to capture UMM business collaborations or not. For this purpose we describe a transformation from UMM to BPEL.

Business models: Tooling and a research agenda

Abstract: During the Bled conferences, Business Models have attracted a lot of attention. The discussion has moved from understanding the core concepts towards designing and implementing business models. Business models have become a common topic, with concepts and approaches becoming main stream, and connected to more generic research approaches and design perspectives, and business model tooling is becoming more important. In this paper, we provide examples of tooling with regard to Business Model road-mapping, Business Model stress-testing, Business models and Agile software development, and Business models and financial tooling. We also illustrate future research by combining Business Model analysis with Enterprise Architecture. The aim of this paper is to show how business model research is

Reconstruction of Different Business Processes - A Theory and Method Driven Analysis

Abstract: When evaluating and developing organisations, the business process perspective is a popular one to use. Several methods exist and there are new ones being developed. When evaluating and/or developing organisations from a business process perspective, there is a need to reconstruct existing business processes. We have experienced problems in distinguishing and delimiting business processes in relation to each other. There is a need for criteria. Within the language/action perspective a more clear process notion can be formulated, which supports a clear process delimitation. In this paper we are showing a coupling between a method driven and a theory driven approach for reconstruction of different business processes. The business action theory, which is based on the language/action approach, gives us support in guidance for reconstruction of different business processes, i.e. asking questions based on communicative action theories. We also present a method for process and action modelling. The presented theory and method have been used in an action oriented case study, which is used to show experiences and drawing conclusions from one theory and method driven analysis of business processes.