scholarly journals Translating a typical business process modelling language to a Web Services Ontology through lightweight mapping

IET Software ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Nadarajan ◽  
Y.-H. Chen-Burger
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modelling ◽  
Modelling Language ◽  
Business Process Modelling

Wand and Weber's good decomposition conditions for BPMN

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 693-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Johannsen ◽  
Susanne Leist ◽  
Reinhold Tausch
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Modelling ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Modelling Language ◽  
Business Process Modelling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Process Chains ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to specify the decomposition conditions of Wand and Weber for the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). Therefore, an interpretation of the conditions for BPMN is derived and compared to a specification of the conditions for enhanced Event-Driven Process Chains (eEPCs). Based on these results, guidelines for a conformance check of BPMN and eEPC models with the decomposition conditions are shown. Further, guidelines for decomposition are formulated for BPMN models. The usability of the decomposition guidelines is tested with modelling experts. Design/methodology/approach – An approach building on a representational mapping is used for specifying the decomposition conditions. Therefore, ontological constructs of the Bunge-Wand-Weber ontology are mapped to corresponding modelling constructs and an interpretation of the decomposition conditions for BPMN is derived. Guidelines for a conformance check are then defined. Based on these results, decomposition guidelines are formulated. Their usability is tested in interviews. Findings – The research shows that the decomposition conditions stemming from the information systems discipline can be transferred to business process modelling. However, the interpretation of the decomposition conditions depends on specific characteristics of a modelling language. Based on a thorough specification of the conditions, it is possible to derive guidelines for a conformance check of process models with the conditions. In addition, guidelines for decomposition are developed and tested. In the study, these are perceived as understandable and helpful by experts. Research limitations/implications – Research approaches based on representational mappings are subjected to subjectivity. However, by having three researchers performing the approach independently, subjectivity can be mitigated. Further, only ten experts participated in the usability test, which is therefore to be considered as a first step in a more comprising evaluation. Practical implications – This paper provides the process modeller with guidelines enabling a conformance check of BPMN and eEPC process models with the decomposition conditions. Further, guidelines for decomposing BPMN models are introduced. Originality/value – This paper is the first to specify Wand and Weber's decomposition conditions for process modelling with BPMN. A comparison to eEPCs shows, that the ontological expressiveness influences the interpretation of the conditions. Further, guidelines for decomposing BPMN models as well as for checking their adherence to the decomposition conditions are presented.

scholarly journals Ricko Aulia 1411050104, SEQUENCE FLOW DAN MESSAGE FLOW PADA BPMN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricko Aulia
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Process Modelling ◽  
Modelling Language ◽  
Business Process Modelling ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Unified Modelling Language ◽  
Business Process Modelling Notation ◽  
Message Flow

Pemodelan proses bisnis merupakan cara untuk memahami, mendesain dan menganalisa suatu proses bisnis. Manfaat pemodelan proses bisnis adalah untuk membantu perusahaan memahami proses bisnisnya dengan baik, mengidentifikasi permasalahan seperti critical path atau bottleneck yang mungkin terjadi, mengembangkan, mendokumentasikan serta mengkomunikasikannya pada semua pemangku kepentingan bisnis. Sehingga perusahaan dapat meningkatkan performance dari pengelolaan proses bisnisnya. Pemodelan proses bisnis dapat dilakukan dengan beberapa cara atau standar, antara lain dengan BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation) dan Activity Diagram UML (Unified Modelling Language). Kedua standar pemodelan tersebut yang akan dibandingkan dengan studi kasus pemodelan proses bisnis perwalian secara online atau dikenal dengan nama FRS Online (Formulir Rencana Studi). Secara umum BPMN cenderung menggambarkan proses dari pandangan seorang analisis bisnis. BPMN tidak dibuat dengan tujuan untuk dibuat programnya. BPMN perlu disempurnakan (misalnya ke proses BPEL) sebelum bisa dibuat pedoman pemrograman. Alasan inilah, BPMN digunakan oleh analisis bisnis dengan tujuan bukan untuk implementasi tapi lebih ke arah penyajian kebutuhan yang akan diberikan kepada analisis IT dan software development. Umumnya, BPMN dipakai untuk menghasilkan “BPEL code” yang akan diperbaiki oleh developer sehingga dapat dibuat implementasinya.

scholarly journals Ilham Bimo Hutomo P 1411050123, FLOW OBJECT DAN CONNECTING OBJECT PADA BPMN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilham Bimo Hutomo P
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Process Modelling ◽  
Modelling Language ◽  
Business Process Modelling ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Unified Modelling Language ◽  
Business Process Modelling Notation

Pemodelan proses bisnis merupakan cara untuk memahami, mendesain dan menganalisa suatu proses bisnis. Manfaat pemodelan proses bisnis adalah untuk membantu perusahaan memahami proses bisnisnya dengan baik, mengidentifikasi permasalahan seperti critical path atau bottleneck yang mungkin terjadi, mengembangkan, mendokumentasikan serta mengkomunikasikannya pada semua pemangku kepentingan bisnis. Sehingga perusahaan dapat meningkatkan performance dari pengelolaan proses bisnisnya. Pemodelan proses bisnis dapat dilakukan dengan beberapa cara atau standar, antara lain dengan BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation) dan Activity Diagram UML (Unified Modelling Language). Kedua standar pemodelan tersebut yang akan dibandingkan dengan studi kasus pemodelan proses bisnis perwalian secara online atau dikenal dengan nama FRS Online (Formulir Rencana Studi). Secara umum BPMN cenderung menggambarkan proses dari pandangan seorang analisis bisnis. BPMN tidak dibuat dengan tujuan untuk dibuat programnya. BPMN perlu disempurnakan (misalnya ke proses BPEL) sebelum bisa dibuat pedoman pemrograman. Alasan inilah, BPMN digunakan oleh analisis bisnis dengan tujuan bukan untuk implementasi tapi lebih ke arah penyajian kebutuhan yang akan diberikan kepada analisis IT dan software development. Umumnya, BPMN dipakai untuk menghasilkan “BPEL code” yang akan diperbaiki oleh developer sehingga dapat dibuat implementasinya.

scholarly journals Adaptive business rules framework for workflow management

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 948-971
Author(s):  
Kanana Ezekiel ◽  
Vassil Vassilev ◽  
Karim Ouazzane ◽  
Yogesh Patel
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Process Modelling ◽  
Semantic Indexing ◽  
Business Rules ◽  
Business Process Modelling ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Changing scattered and dynamic business rules in business workflow systems has become a growing problem that hinders the use and configuration of workflow-based applications. There is a gap in the existing research studies which currently focus on solutions that are application specific, without accounting for the universal logical dependencies between the business rules and, as a result, do not support adaptation of the business rules in real time. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach To tackle the above problems, this paper adopts a bottom-up approach, which puts forward a component model of the business process workflows and then adds business rules which have clear logical semantics. This allows incremental development of the workflows and semantic indexing of the rules which govern them during the initial acquisition. Findings The paper introduces an event-driven model for development of business workflows which is purely logic-based and can be easily implemented using an object-oriented technology, together with a model of the business rules dependencies which supports incremental semantic indexing. It also proposes a two-level inference mechanism as a vehicle for controlling the business process execution and the process of adaptation of the business rules at real time based on propagating the dependencies. Research limitations/implications The framework is strictly logical and completely domain-independent. It allows to account both synchronous and asynchronous triggering events as well as both qualitative and quantitative description of the conditions of the rules. Although our primary interest is to apply the framework to the business processes typical in the construction industry we believe our approach has much wider potential due to its strictly logical formalization and domain independence. In fact it can be used to control any business processes where the execution is governed by rules. Practical implications The framework could be applied to both large business process modelling tasks and small but very dynamic business processes like the typical digital business processes found in online banking or e-Commerce. For example, it can be used for adjusting security policies by adding the capability to adapt automatically the access rights to account for additional resources and new channels of operation which can be very interesting ion both B2C and B2B applications. Social implications The potential scope of the impact of the research reported here is linked to the wide applicability of rule-based systems in business. Our approach makes it possible not only to control the execution of the processes, but also to identify problems in the control policies themselves from the point of view of their logical properties – consistency, redundancies and potential gaps in the logics. In addition to this, our approach not only increases the efficiency, but also provides flexibility for adaptation of the policies in real time and increases the security of the overall control which improves the overall quality of the automation. Originality/value The major achievement reported in this paper is the construction of a universal, strictly logic-based event-driven framework for business process modelling and control, which allows purely logical analysis and adaptation of the business rules governing the business workflows through accounting their dependencies. An added value is the support for object-oriented implementation and the incremental indexing which has been possible thanks to the bottom-up approach adopted in the construction of the framework.

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