BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

1995 ◽  
Vol 04 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 145-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
VOLKER GRUHN
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Activity Modeling ◽  
Organization Modeling ◽  
Activity Models

Most of today’s approaches to business process engineering (also called business process management) start from an activity-centered perspective. They describe activities to be carried out within a business process and their relationships, but they usually pay little attention to the objects manipulated within processes. In this article, we discuss an approach to business process modeling, model analysis, and business process enaction (also called workflow management) which is based on data modeling, activity modeling, and organization modeling. In fact, the ℒeu approach to business process management considers data models (describing types of objects to be manipulated in a business process and their relationships), activity models (describing activities to be carried out in a business process), and organization models (describing organizational entities involved in a business process) as separate, but equally important, facets of business processes.

A Method of Business Process Modeling Based on Petri Net

2010 ◽  
Vol 450 ◽  
pp. 413-416
Author(s):  
Yong Ping Hao ◽  
Xiao Lei Xu ◽  
Wei Ping Shao ◽  
Peng Fei Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Petri Net ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Parallel Process ◽  
Workflow Modeling ◽  
Business Process Model

Through the analysis of the execution and dispatching principle of the Petri net, the business process management mode based on Petri net is proposed. We merge the place node and the transition node, and reside the token in the node. The only token in process instances and the sub-token in parallel process are introduced, which can avoid conflicts caused by multi-tokens. The business process model for the drawings design and approval is established, and it is verified by the workflow modeling system.

Semantically Enhanced Business Process Modeling Notation

2011 ◽  
pp. 259-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Abramowicz ◽  
Agata Filipowska ◽  
Monika Kaczmarek ◽  
Tomasz Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Enterprise Models ◽  
Semantically Enhanced ◽  
Business Process Modeling Notation

Semantic Business Process Management (SBPM) bridges the gap between business and IT by taking advantage of the Semantic Web technologies. The foundation for SBPM is the detailed ontological description of enterprise models. These models encompass also business processes taking place in enterprises. Within this chapter, we show how the process-oriented knowledge may be captured for the needs of SBPM. For this reason, we describe semantically enhanced Business Process Modeling Notation (sBPMN) being a conceptualization of one of the main process modeling notations with the fast growing popularity among the tool vendors, namely BPMN. The sBPMN ontology is based on the BPMN specification and may be used as a serialization format by the BPMN modeling tools, thus, making creation of annotations invisible to users. In this chapter, we also present an example of a process model description.

Foundations of Business Process Modeling

2010 ◽  
pp. 6-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Mendling
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
General Information ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Business Process Execution

This chapter provides an overview of business process management and business process modeling. We approach business process management by giving a historical classification of seminal work, and define it by the help of the business process management life cycle. Business process models play an important role in this life cycle, in particular, if information systems are used for executing processes. We deduct a definition for business process modeling based on a discussion of modeling from a general information systems point of view. In the following, we detail business process modeling techniques, in particular, modeling languages and modeling procedures for business process modeling. Finally, we discuss some future trends with a focus on the business process execution language for Web services (BPEL), and conclude the chapter with a summary. The chapter aims to cover business process modeling in a comprehensive way such that academics and practitioners can use it as a reference for identifying more specialized works.

Enabling Technology: Ein J2EE-basiertes Business Process Management System zur Ausführung von BPEL- und Web Service-basierten Geschäftsprozessen (Enabling Technology: A J2EE based Business Process Management System for BPEL and Web services based business processes)

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Kloppmann ◽  
Dieter König ◽  
Frank Leymann ◽  
Gerhard Pfau ◽  
Dieter Roller
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Management System ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Workflow Management System ◽  
Enabling Technology ◽  
Business Process Execution

ZusammenfassungMithilfe von Web Services und BPEL (Business Process Execution Language for Web Services) können Geschäftsprozesse und deren Interaktion mit verschiedenen Partnern beschrieben werden. Zur Ausführung der Geschäftsprozesse finden Workflow Management Systeme Verwendung. Dieser Artikel beschäftigt sich, basierend auf den Grundlagen von Web Services und BPEL, mit der Implementierung eines Workflow Management Systems. Um den Anforderungen der Geschäftswelt zu genügen, muss ein Workflow Management System sowohl langlaufende, unterbrechbare als auch kurzlaufende Geschäftsprozesse mit ihren unterschiedlichen Quality-of-Service Eigenschaften unterstützen. Die Systeme müssen robust sein, sicher und hoch verfügbar. Der Artikel beschreibt die Implementierung eines J2EE-basierten Workflow Management System, das diesen Anforderungen entspricht. Dabei wird auf die Verwendung von Message Queuing Systemen und Datenbanken eingegangen, ebenso wie auf die Integration in einen Standard Application Server und die Verwendung dort zur Verfügung stehender Transaction Manager, EJB Container, People Directory und Deployment Infrastruktur.

Business Process Modeling

2013 ◽  
pp. 382-393
Author(s):  
Gang He ◽  
Gang Xue ◽  
Kui Yu ◽  
Shaowen Yao
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Modeling Methods ◽  
Current Business

Business process modeling is that make use of graphics, formulas, tables and text to describe the characteristics of business process, and answer why to do, what to do, how to do. Business process modeling is the foundation of business process management. Implementation of business process management can improve the process and enhance competitiveness. In this chapter, the authors attempt to find current business process modeling methods’ advantages and disadvantages by analyzing their feature and comparison of based on series important evaluation criteria. The goal is that it provides a reference to business process modeling methods in practice.

Foundations of Business Process Modeling

2009 ◽  
pp. 189-222
Author(s):  
Jan Mendling
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
General Information ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Business Process Execution

This chapter provides an overview of business process management and business process modeling. We approach business process management by giving a historical classification of seminal work, and define it by the help of the business process management life cycle. Business process models play an important role in this life cycle, in particular, if information systems are used for executing processes. We deduct a definition for business process modeling based on a discussion of modeling from a general information systems point of view. In the following, we detail business process modeling techniques, in particular, modeling languages and modeling procedures for business process modeling. Finally, we discuss some future trends with a focus on the business process execution language for Web services (BPEL), and conclude the chapter with a summary. The chapter aims to cover business process modeling in a comprehensive way such that academics and practitioners can use it as a reference for identifying more specialized works.

The Changing Nature of Business Process Modeling

2009 ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Brian H. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Design Activities

Business process modeling (BPM) is a topic that is generating much interest in the information technology (IT) industry today. Business analysts, process designers, system architects, software engineers, and systems consultants must understand the foundational concepts behind BPM and evolving modeling standards and technologies that have the potential to dramatically change the nature of phases of the systems development life cycle (SDLC). Pareto’s 80/20 rule, as applied to the SDLC, is in the process of being drastically altered. In the past, approximately 20 % of the SDLC was spent on analysis and design activities with the remaining 80 % spent on systems development and implementation (Weske, Goesmann, Holten, & Striemer, 1999). Today, with the introduction of the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI), Web services, and the services-oriented architecture (SOA), the enterprise SDLC paradigm is poised for a dramatic shift. In this new paradigm, approximately 80 % of the SDLC is spent on analysis and design activities with the remaining 20 % spent of systems development and implementation. Once referred to as workflow and process automation, business process modeling (BPM) has evolved into a suite of interrelated components providing significant business value. Emerging BPM technologies will be the primary vehicle by which current application portfolios transition to service-oriented architectures and Web services (Aversano, & Canfora, 2002). Business Process Management Initiative’s Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) subgroup is currently finalizing a standardized notation for business process modeling. Although the notation is still in working draft format, system architects and designers should consider incorporating the concepts of BPM into their current and future systems analysis and design procedures.

Portals for Workflow and Business Process Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 801-804
Author(s):  
Peter Dalmaris
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Management Software

A growing number of portal software vendors offer functionality to allow users to manage business processes and workflows. This functionality is offered either out-of-the box (integrated into the portal software) or as a plug-in component that may be added at a later stage as the need for it arises, or through interfaces for linking the portal to specialised business process or workflow management software. This article discusses the present landscape of the management of business processes or workflows through portals, focusing on the major features of the available technologies, their applications, and trends.

The Changing Nature of Business Process Modeling

2007 ◽  
pp. 119-137
Author(s):  
B. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Design Activities

Business process modeling (BPM) is a topic that is generating much interest in the information technology industry today. Business analysts, process designers, system architects, software engineers, and systems consultants must understand the foundational concepts behind BPM and evolving modeling standards and technologies that have the potential to dramatically change the nature of phases of the systems development life cycle (SDLC). Pareto’s 80/20 rule, as applied to the SDLC, is in the process of being drastically altered. In the past, approximately 20% of the SDLC was spent on analysis and design activities with the remaining 80% spent on systems development and implementation (Weske, Goesmann, Holten, & Striemer, 1999). Today, with the introduction of the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI), Web services, and the services-oriented architecture (SOA), the enterprise SDLC paradigm is poised for a dramatic shift. In this new paradigm, approximately 80% of the SDLC is spent on analysis and design activities with the remaining 20% spent on systems development and implementation. Once referred to as process or workflow automation, BPM has evolved into a suite of interrelated components for systems analysis, design, and development. Emerging BPM standards and technologies will be the primary vehicles by which current systems portfolios transition to Web services and service-oriented architectures (Aversano, & Canfora, 2002). The Business Process Management Initiative’s business process modeling notation (BPMN) subgroup is currently finalizing a standardized notation for business process modeling. Although the notation is still in working-draft format, system architects and designers should consider incorporating the concepts of BPM into their current and future systems analysis and design procedures.

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