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.

The CAP framework for business process modelling

Abstract: Business process modelling is an area of work that is increasingly used in conjunction with software development. For example, many development methods note the importance of strategic or business modelling, typically as a prerequisite to analysis. In addition, Systems Engineering for Business Process Change suggests the need to model the business process in maintaining and evolving existing (legacy) systems. In order to model business processes, one needs to consider what notations are most suitable, and what methods to adopt. However, the most appropriate notation typically depends on a number of contextual issues, the purpose of the modelling, the audience for the models and so on. Furthermore, this context changes with the progress of the modelling. Hence, the modeller needs guidance about appropriate approaches at different points in the modelling programme. This paper introduces a framework for business process modelling that provides such guidance without prescribing particular notations. This is achieved by describing business process modelling in terms of three iterative and generic categories or phases: Capture, Analysis and Presentation. The paper shows how different kinds of notational approaches can be used within these categories, discussing the choices available to the modeller. The (CAP) framework is generally applicable, and is illustrated both by a simple theoretical example, and by examples from industrial business process modelling.

PLG: a Framework for the Generation of Business Process Models and their Execution Logs

Abstract: Evaluating process mining algorithms would require the availability of a suite of real-world business processes and their execution logs, which hardly are available. In this paper we propose an approach for the random generation of business processes and their execution logs. The proposed approach is based on the generation of process descriptions via a stochastic context-free grammar whose definition is based on well-known process patterns. An algorithm for the generation of execution instances is also proposed. The implemented tools are publicly available.

VIDRE--A Distributed Service-Oriented Business Rule Engine based on RuleML

Abstract: Business rules provide an elegant solution to manage dynamic business logic by separating business knowledge from its implementation logic. The drawback of most existing business rule approaches is the lack of standardization and interoperability. The lack of service-orientation and remote accessibility of business rule engines makes it hard to use business rules in distributed environments. This paper contributes the design and implementation of VIDRE (Vienna Distributed Rules Engine), a service-oriented business rule engine based on RuleML. VIDRE enables enterprise applications to access business rules as easy as accessing a database, by exposing rules as Web services. VIDRE uses RuleML as an interlingua to represent facts, rules, and queries. One of the main contributions of the VIDRE approach is the ability to distribute rules and facts across various rule engines, therefore, enabling powerful ways of separating and executing business rules within intra- and interorganizational boundaries.

A network perspective on business models for emerging technology‐based services

Abstract: Purpose – This study seeks to identify the generic elements of a business model in the field of technology‐based services and uses those elements to build a networked business model. A networked business model reflects a situation when it is impossible for a single company to govern all the relevant resources and activities needed in developing, producing, and marketing technology‐based services.Design/methodology/approach – The empirical part of the paper presents a qualitative futures study that employs the Delphi method and scenario planning.Findings – The paper presents a framework describing the core elements of a networked business model, and shows how it can be applied in developing business model scenarios for technology‐based services.Originality/value – By examining the business model from a network perspective, the study creates conceptual tools for both researchers and managers to describe, plan and develop future business models.

Business process choreography for B2B collaboration

Abstract: We describe a proposed methodology for business process choreography. We focus on two types of business processes (contract and executable) and provide an interface protocol to represent interoperability patterns between them. The approach is designed to let existing processes, usually managed by an enterprise's own internal workflow management system, collaborate.