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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.
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TL;DR: The push is for standardized parts, for process, for automation, and for repetitive operations, but there is an underlying misassumption in this drive for engineering credibility and consistency: Software is not a product.
Abstract: TE R R Y M IU R A There is no doubt the triumph of modern production has been the development of the manufacturing process. From Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, through Simeon North’s use of standardized rifle parts, to Frederick W. Taylor’s scientific management concepts, the concept of assembly and manufacturing achieved its ultimate expression in Henry Ford’s Dearborn assembly plant. Underlying the techniques these pioneers devised was one principle: Product is king. This principle is so omnipresent in business, it is largely unquestioned. The application of similar structures to the business of the production of software is also somewhat unquestioned. The push is for standardized parts, for process, for automation, and for repetitive operations. But there is an underlying misassumption we make in this drive for engineering credibility and consistency. It is this: Software is not a product. “What do you mean our software is not a product?” the general manager recoiled as if bitten. “We’ve been pounding it into people’s heads that it is. We’ve been saying it’s the most important product we produce! This nonproduct is currently replacing key
48 citations
27 Mar 2009
TL;DR: This paper utilises a security enhanced BPMN notation to define access control properties of a security annotated business process model and uses an automatic translation of the process model into a process meta language (Promela) based on Coloured Petri net semantics.
Abstract: The verification of access controls is essential for providing secure systems. Model checking is an automated technique used for verifying finite state machines. The properties to be verified are usually expressed as formula in temporal logic. In this paper we present an approach to verify access control security properties of a security annotated business process model. To this end we utilise a security enhanced BPMN notation to define access control properties.
To enhance the usability the complex and technical details are hidden from the process modeller by using an automatic translation of the process model into a process meta language (Promela) based on Coloured Petri net (CPN) semantics.
The model checker SPIN is used for the process model verification and a trace file is written to provide visual feedback to the modeller on the abstraction level of the verified process model. As a proof of concept the described translation methodology is implemented as a plug-in for the free web-based BPMN modelling tool Oryx.
48 citations
01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: A novel approach to business process analysis, which has more and more significance as process-aware information systems are spreading widely over a lot of companies, is introduced.
Abstract: Business process is collection of standardized and structured tasks inducing value creation of a company. Nowadays, it is recognized as one of significant intangible business assets to achieve competitive advantages. We introduce a novel approach to business process analysis, which has more and more significance as process-aware information systems are spreading widely over a lot of companies. In this paper, a methodology of business process clustering based on process similarity is proposed. The purpose of business process clustering is to analyze accumulated process models in order to assist new process design or process reengineering. The proposed methodology exploits structural similarity metrics of business processes. We illustrated the methodology with example processes in inducing the hierarchical merged models from the process clusters.
48 citations
01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: An application architecture based on “business objects” is proposed as a way to build information systems to better meet business needs.
Abstract: Business information systems have become an integrated part of the modern enterprise and as such are required to enable the enterprise to serve and adapt to complex and dynamic business needs. An application architecture based on “business objects” is proposed as a way to build information systems to better meet these needs. Business objects are defined as components of the information system that directly represent the business model.
48 citations
14 May 2014
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48 citations