A Business Software Testing Process-Based Model Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (05) ◽  
pp. 701-749
Author(s):  
Vuk Vukovic ◽  
Jovica Djurkovic ◽  
Jelica Trninic
Keyword(s):  
Software Testing ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Business Software ◽  
Proven Method

This study analyzes relevant contemporary software testing process models. In addition to contemporary theoretical models, the study also analyzes business software testing process models in a considerable number of software organizations. The dual (i.e. theoretical and empirical) analysis of the testing process aims to provide a basis for a testing process model design which is specific to testing business software in small and medium software organizations. The empirical study was conducted by a survey research strategy in 24 software organizations. In order to gather detailed information on the testing process, an interview was conducted on a purpose-selected sample of four organizations. The gathered data were processed by quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The results of theoretical and empirical research were used as a basis for attaining the study’s desired outcome: the business software testing process-based model which was graphically presented in BPMN 2.0 notation and described according to the ISO/IEC TR 24774 standard for process description in systems and software engineering. The combination of the graphic representation of the model and its description in compliance with the process description is a proven method in process management, which should enable easier understanding, and thus the implementation of the model in small and medium software organizations.

Improving Effectiveness of Process Model Matchers Using Wordnet Glosses

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Mostefai Abdelkader
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Cosine Similarity ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Model Matching ◽  
Similarity Metric

Process model matching is a key activity in many business process management tasks. It is an activity that consists of detecting an alignment between process models by finding similar activities in two process models. This article proposes a method based on WordNet glosses to improve the effectiveness of process model matchers. The proposed method is composed of three steps. In the first step, all activities of the two BPs are extracted. Second, activity labels are expanded using word glosses and finally, similar activities are detected using the cosine similarity metric. Two experiments were conducted on well-known datasets to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. In the first one, an alignment is computed using the cosine similarity metric only and without a process of expansion. While, in the second experiment, the cosine similarity metric is applied to the expanded activities using glosses. The results of the experiments were promising and show that expanding activities using WordNet glosses improves the effectiveness of process model matchers.

Power Transmission Analysis in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Data Aggregation Techniques

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-53
Author(s):  
Hradesh Kumar ◽  
Pradeep Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Model Matching ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Aggregation Techniques ◽  
Using Data

The process model matching is a critical step in many business process management activities. Process model matching consists of finding correspondences between activities of process models. This article presents a method for matching process model. The proposed method matches (i.e., aligns) two process models in three sequential steps. First, activities in the two process models are extracted. Second, the extracted activities are expanded using synonyms, hypernyms, and hyponyms of its composing words. These synonyms, hypernyms, and hyponyms are extracted from the WordNet thesaurus. Third, the expanded activities are compared using the Monge-Elkan similarity metric to detect matches. An empirical study was conducted on three well known datasets to evaluate the proposed method. The results of the experiment showed that the proposed method has the potential to match business process models in an effective manner when step two of the method is based on synonyms and hypernyms.

scholarly journals Improvement of Business-Activities in Telecommunication Enterprises by the eTOM Business-Process Structural Model Implementation

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Olga Korzachenko ◽  
Vadim Getman
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Process Models ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Telecommunication Companies ◽  
High Level

Improvement of Business-Activities in Telecommunication Enterprises by the eTOM Business-Process Structural Model Implementation For now, in front of telecommunication branch enterprises of Ukraine, there is a problem of activity improvement with the purpose of granting high-quality services and maintenance of competitive position, both on internal, and on a foreign market. To solve this problem, telecommunication companies appropriate to use the mechanisms of business-oriented process management and improvement of end-to-end business-processes. The purpose of this article is a choice of effective business-process model that will allow telecommunications companies to provide modern, high quality and cost competitive services. During research, conditions of the telecommunication branch enterprises of Ukraine were investigated and key problems of their activity were revealed. Existing business-process models have been considered and analyzed and the optimal model was chosen, according to the put criteria. By results of the analysis a conclusion was drawn, that to the enterprises for business-process modeling is expedient for using eTOM - high-level system business-oriented model aimed for providing of any technological services, including IT. As advantages from introduction eTOM at the Ukrainian enterprises were analyzed.

scholarly journals Business Process Management: A Comprehensive Survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wil M. P. van der Aalst
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Fundamental Process ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

Business Process Management (BPM) research resulted in a plethora of methods, techniques, and tools to support the design, enactment, management, and analysis of operational business processes. This survey aims to structure these results and provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in BPM. In BPM the concept of a process model is fundamental. Process models may be used to configure information systems, but may also be used to analyze, understand, and improve the processes they describe. Hence, the introduction of BPM technology has both managerial and technical ramifications and may enable significant productivity improvements, cost savings, and flow-time reductions. The practical relevance of BPM and rapid developments over the last decade justify a comprehensive survey.

scholarly journals Extracting business vocabularies from business process models: SBVR and BPNM standards-based approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1515-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Skersys ◽  
Kestutis Kapocius ◽  
Rimantas Butleris ◽  
Tomas Danikauskas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Business Modeling ◽  
Business Process Models ◽  
Model Driven

Approaches for the analysis and specification of business vocabularies and rules are relevant topics in both Business Process Management and Information Systems Development disciplines. However, in common practice of Information Systems Development, the Business modeling activities still are of mostly empiric nature. In this paper, aspects of the approach for semi-automatic extraction of business vocabularies (BV) from business process models (BPM) are presented. The approach is based on novel business modeling-level OMG standards ?Business Process Model and Notation? (BPMN) and ?Semantics for Business Vocabularies and Business Rules? (SBVR), thus contributing to OMG?s vision of Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and to model-driven development in general. The discussed extraction approach is evaluated against fully-automatic BPMN BPM ? SBVR BV transformation that has been developed in parallel to the presented work.

On the Rim Between Business Processes and Software Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 170-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Estrela Ferreira da Cruz ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado ◽  
Maribel Yasmina Santos
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Development Processes

The constant change and rising complexity of organizations, mainly due to the transforming nature of their business processes, has driven the increase of interest in business process management by organizations. It is recognized that knowing business processes can help to ensure that the software under development will meet the business needs. Some of software development processes (like unified process) already refer to business process modeling as a first effort in the software development process. A business process model usually is created under the supervision, clarification, approval, and validation of the business stakeholders. Thus, a business process model is a proper representation of the reality (as is or to be), having lots of useful information that can be used in the development of the software system that will support the business. The chapter uses the information existing in business process models to derive software models specially focused in generating a data model.

scholarly journals An Approach to Participatory Business Process Modeling: BPMN Model Generation Using Constraint Programming and Graph Composition

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Wiśniewski ◽  
Krzysztof Kluza ◽  
Antoni Ligęza
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Log File ◽  
User Friendly

Designing business process models plays a vital role in business process management. The acquisition of such models may consume up to 60% of the project time. This time can be shortened using methods for the automatic or semi-automatic generation of process models. In this paper, we present a user-friendly method of business process composition. It uses a set of predefined constraints to generate a synthetic log of the process based on a simplified, unordered specification, which describes activities to be performed. Such a log can be used to generate a correct BPMN model. To achieve this, we propose the use of one of the existing process discovery algorithms or executing the activity graph-based composition algorithm, which generates the process model directly from the input log file. The proposed approach allows process participants to take part in process modeling. Moreover, it can be a support for business analysts or process designers in visualizing the workflow without the necessity to design the model explicitly in a graphical editor. The BPMN diagram is generated as an interchangeable XML file, which allows its further modification and adjustment. The included comparative analysis shows that our method is capable of generating process models characterized by high flow complexity and can support BPMN constructs, which are sufficient for about 70% of business cases.

scholarly journals Enfoque para Flexibilizar el Modelo de Proceso de Negocio [More flexible approach to Business Process Model]

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Oliverio Chaparro Lemus
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Business Rules ◽  
Process Engine ◽  
Rules Engine

Resumen Los Sistemas de Gestión de Procesos de Negocio (BPMS) tienen por objetivo facilitar la actividad empresarial, permitiendo el control automatizado de los procesos de las organizaciones. Sin embargo, no es deseable que los modelos de proceso de negocio, generados por estos BPMS, incluyan las reglas de negocio dentro de sí. Esto representa un serio problema para la modularidad y flexibilidad del modelo, pues cuando se requiere modificar una regla que se usa en distintos puntos del modelo, es necesario modificar el modelo en todos los puntos donde se utilice la regla. En este artículo se hace una propuesta para separar las reglas de negocio del modelo de proceso y manejarlas de forma independiente mediante un motor de reglas de negocio. Esto implica guardar las reglas de negocio en un repositorio que controla un motor de reglas de negocio y una técnica para invocar la regla desde el modelo. Con este trabajo se hace un aporte al mejoramiento del diseño de los actuales BPMS que se traduciría en modelos de negocios muy flexibles y modulares. Palabras Claves:Regla de negocio, Motor de Reglas de Negocio, Proceso de Negocio, Modelo de Proceso de Negocio, Suite de Gestión de Procesos de Negocio (BPMS).   Abstract Systems Business Process Management (BPMS) are intended to facilitate business, allowing automated control of the processes of organizations. However, it is not desirable that the business process models generated by these BPMS, business rules included within. This presents a serious problem for modularity and flexibility of the model, because when you want to change a rule that is used in different parts of the model, it would be necessary to change the model at all points where the rule is used. In this paper a proposal to separate business from process model and manage it independently using a business rules engine is done. This involves keeping the business rules in a repository that controls a business rules engine and a technique to invoke the rule from the model. This paper is a contribution to improving the design of existing BPMS that would result in highly flexible business models and modular. Keywords: Business Ruler, Business Process Engine, Business Process, Business Process Model, Business Process Management System (BPMS).

scholarly journals Process models: plans, predictions, proclamations or prophecies?

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
Martin Stacey ◽  
Claudia Eckert ◽  
Rafaela Hillerbrand
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Industrial Practice ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Design Process Model

Abstract Design process models have a complex and changing relationship to the processes they model, and mean different things to different people in different situations. Participants in design processes need to understand each other’s perspectives and agree on what the models mean. The paper draws on philosophy of science to argue that understanding a design process model can be seen as an imagination game governed by agreed rules, to envisage what would be true about the world if the model were correct. The rules depend on the syntax and content of the model, on the task the model is used for, and on what the users see the model as being. The paper outlines twelve alternative conceptualizations of design process models—frames, pathways, positions, proclamations, projections, predictions, propositions, prophecies, requests, demands, proposals, promises—and discusses when they fit situations that stakeholders in design processes can be in. Articulating how process models are conceptualised can both help to understand how process management works and help to resolve communication problems in industrial practice.

On the Rim Between Business Processes and Software Systems

2022 ◽  
pp. 1810-1836
Author(s):  
Maria Estrela Ferreira da Cruz ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado ◽  
Maribel Yasmina Santos
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Development Processes

The constant change and rising complexity of organizations, mainly due to the transforming nature of their business processes, has driven the increase of interest in business process management by organizations. It is recognized that knowing business processes can help to ensure that the software under development will meet the business needs. Some of software development processes (like unified process) already refer to business process modeling as a first effort in the software development process. A business process model usually is created under the supervision, clarification, approval, and validation of the business stakeholders. Thus, a business process model is a proper representation of the reality (as is or to be), having lots of useful information that can be used in the development of the software system that will support the business. The chapter uses the information existing in business process models to derive software models specially focused in generating a data model.

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