An Information System Development Method Combining Business Process Modeling with Executable Modeling and its Evaluation by Prototyping

An Extension of BPMN Meta-model for Evaluation of Business ProcessesBusiness process modeling is used for better understanding and communication of company's processes. Mostly, business process modeling is discussed from the information system development perspective. Execution of a business process involves various factors (costs and time) which are important and should be represented in business process models. Controlling of business units uses post execution analysis for detection of failures for improvement. The process models conceived for information system development are not sufficient for post execution analysis. This paper focuses on the challenges of business process modeling in the post execution context. We provide a meta model for evaluation of a business process and discuss BPMN in this context. We also extend existing BPMN meta model for performance analysis of business processes. The proposed extensions are presented with the help of an example.

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BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESS MODELS AND WORKFLOW SPECIFICATIONS

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems ◽

10.1142/s0218843004000973 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 13 (03) ◽

pp. 289-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 94

Author(s):

JULIANE DEHNERT ◽

WIL M. P. VAN DER AALST

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Business Process ◽

Process Modeling ◽

Business Models ◽

Formal Semantics ◽

Business Process Modeling ◽

Modeling Language ◽

Correctness Criterion ◽

Process Chains ◽

Selection Of

This paper presents a methodology to bridge the gap between business process modeling and workflow specification. While the first is concerned with intuitive descriptions that are mainly used for communication, the second is concerned with configuring a process-aware information system, thus requiring a more rigorous language less suitable for communication. Unlike existing approaches the gap is not bridged by providing formal semantics for an informal language. Instead it is assumed that the desired behavior is just a subset of the full behavior obtained using a liberal interpretation of the informal business process modeling language. Using a new correctness criterion (relaxed soundness), it is verified whether a selection of suitable behavior is possible. The methodology consists of five steps and is illustrated using event-driven process chains as a business process modeling language and Petri nets as the workflow specification language.

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Information System Development

Techniques and Tools for the Design and Implementation of Enterprise Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-826-0.ch013 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 326-346

Author(s):

Tony Elliman ◽

Tally Hatzakis ◽

Alan Serrano

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Business Process ◽

Process Simulation ◽

System Development ◽

Systems Development ◽

Information Systems Development ◽

Information System Development ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Automated Information System ◽

Modelling Techniques

This chapter discusses the idea that even though information systems development (ISD) approaches have long advocated the use of integrated organisational views, the modelling techniques used have not been adapted accordingly and remain focused on the automated information system (IS) solution. Existing research provides evidence that business process simulation (BPS) can be used at different points in the ISD process to provide better-integrated organisational views that aid the design of appropriate IS solutions. Despite this fact, research in this area is not extensive; suggesting that the potential of using BPS for the ISD process is not yet well understood. The paper uses the findings from three different case studies to illustrate the ways BPS has been used at different points in the ISD process, especially in the area of requirements engineering. It compares the results against IS modelling techniques, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages that BPS has over the latter. The research necessary to develop appropriate BPS tools and give guidance on their use in the ISD process is discussed.

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