Modeling the Resource Perspective of Business Processes by UML Activity Diagram and Object Petri Net

2011 ◽  
pp. 203-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamyar Sarshar ◽  
Peter Loos
Keyword(s):  
Petri Net ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Uml 2.0 ◽  
Resource Perspective ◽  
Uml Activity Diagram ◽  
Object Petri Net

Given that business processes are performed in an organizational context, it is essential that process modeling notations provide proper mechanisms to represent the resources perspective of business processes. After relating the resource perspective within a framework to other business process perspectives and discussing the lifecycle resource models undergo, this contribution introduces the UML 2.0 activity diagrams as well as object Petri nets regarding their approach to model the resource perspective of business processes. Afterwards, the application of the notations is illustrated by a real-life process of the health-care domain. The following comparison of the notations indicates the benefits and the limitations of both notations.

Business Process Modeling

2012 ◽  
pp. 32-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Chand ◽  
Alina M. Chircu
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Business Process Modeling Notation ◽  
Uml Activity Diagram

This chapter presents a variety of business process modeling notations that range from programming logic flowcharts to the new standard, BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation), as put forth by the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI) (http://www.bpmi.org). Specifically, it discusses (1) the use of unstructured programming flowcharts in modeling business processes and their adaptation in process flow diagramming notation, (2) the UML activity diagram, and (3) BPMN, a comprehensive notation for documenting and modeling complex business processes. Using simple examples, this chapter brings out the inherent complexity of modeling business processes and the need for modeling tools that synchronize and align the mental models of business users, process analyst and information technology (IT) systems developers in order to correctly represent the intended process.

Modeling Cancer Registration Processes with an Enhanced Activity Diagram

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Williams ◽  
D. Lyalin
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Registry ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Cancer Registration ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Enhanced Activity ◽  
Health Domains ◽  
Uml Activity Diagram

Summary Objectives: Adequate instruments are needed to reflect the complexity of routine cancer registry operations properly in a business model. The activity diagram is a key instrument of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for the modeling of business processes. The authors aim to improve descriptions of processes in cancer registration, as well as in other public health domains, through the enhancements of an activity diagram notation within the standard semantics of UML. Methods: The authors introduced the practical approach to enhance a conventional UML activity diagram, complementing it with the following business process concepts: timeline, duration for individual activities, responsibilities for individual activities within swimlanes, and descriptive text. Results: The authors used an enhanced activity diagram for modeling surveillance processes in the cancer registration domain. Specific example illustrates the use of an enhanced activity diagram to visualize a process of linking cancer registry records with external mortality files. Conclusions: Enhanced activity diagram allows for the addition of more business concepts to a single diagram and can improve descriptions of processes in cancer registration, as well as in other domains. Additional features of an enhanced activity diagram allow to advance the visualization of cancer registration processes. That, in turn, promotes the clarification of issues related to the process timeline, responsibilities for particular operations, and collaborations among process participants. Our first experiences in a cancer registry best practices development workshop setting support the usefulness of such an approach.

scholarly journals An Approach To E-Workflow Systems With The Use Of Patterns

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-20
Author(s):  
John Ndeta ◽  
Stamatia A. Katriou ◽  
Kerstin V. Siakas
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Workflow Management Systems ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Workflow Systems ◽  
Workflow Pattern ◽  
Uml Activity Diagram ◽  
Input Format

Abstract In today’s highly competitive and rapidly changing environment, e-businesses constantly have to modify their business processes, i.e. the flow of documents and tasks in a business also known as workflow. More flexible Workflow Management Systems are required to support these constantly changing processes. In this research a platform independent architecture for the design of e-workflow systems is illustrated. The architecture includes an information pool, namely a Workflow Pattern Repository, which contains patterns, which are repeatable solutions to reoccurring problems, in order to make the system more apt to change and assist the workflow designer/user in defining workflows faster and more accurately. The patterns in the repository are in the form of UML activity diagram templates. A straightforward input format for storing patterns in the repository is provided along with an example of its practical application.

LOPN-Based BPR of Container Terminal Production Controlling System

2013 ◽  
Vol 367 ◽  
pp. 441-446
Author(s):  
Wei Zhu Zhong ◽  
Xiao Qing Fu ◽  
Ya Ping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Petri Net ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Container Terminal ◽  
Controlling System ◽  
Object Petri Net

This paper presents a new redesigned solution on Container Terminal Production Controlling System, which goal is to correct defects existing and to rebuild business processes with lower cost, higher quality, flexible, faster and more intelligent responsiveness to whole system. The model of BPR is confirmed by the method of Logistic Object Petri Net.

Research on Conversion from UML Activity Diagram to Procedure Blueprint

2011 ◽  
Vol 135-136 ◽  
pp. 766-769
Author(s):  
Jian Bin Liu ◽  
Tie Qiang Li
Keyword(s):  
Process Modeling ◽  
Model Transformation ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Static Structure ◽  
General Transformation ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Transformation Rules ◽  
Static Modeling ◽  
Uml Activity Diagram

UML, as an international standard, is not suitable for static modeling of the program procedure. While Procedure Blueprint is a visual process modeling language and is suitable for modeling the procedure, which can supplement the UML deficiencies during the process of modeling the program static structure. In this paper, taking XMI as a common data structure and a data exchange bridge, proposed the general transformation idea, the transformation rules and the transformation algorithm from activity diagram to the procedure blueprint. This has laid the foundations for achieving the model transformation at last.

Towards a BPMN Security Extension for the Visualization of Cyber Security Requirements

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mohamed El Amine Chergui ◽  
Sidi Mohamed Benslimane
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Enterprise Systems ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Business Process Modeling Notation

Business process modeling notation (BPMN) is a widely used business model process. The importance of security is apparent, but traditionally, it is considered after the business processes definition. There is a need for integrated tools and a methodology that allows for specifying and enforcing compliance and security requirements for business process-driven enterprise systems. Therefore, it is very important to capture the security requirements at conceptual stage in order to identify the security needs. BPMN is lacking the ability to model and present security concepts. This will increase the vulnerability of the system and make the future development of security for the system more difficult. This article proposes a novel extension to BPMN notation based on cyber security ontologies. The authors incorporate visual constructs for modeling security requirements. In order to provide a commonly usable extension, these enhancements were implemented as BPMN metamodel extension. The authors illustrate capabilities and benefits of extension with a real-life example.

scholarly journals An approach to e-workflow systems with the use of patterns

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ndeta ◽  
Stamatia-Ann Katriou ◽  
Kerstin Siakas
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Workflow Management Systems ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Workflow Systems ◽  
Workflow Pattern ◽  
Uml Activity Diagram ◽  
Input Format

In today’s highly competitive and rapidly changing environment, e-businesses constantly have to modify their business processes, i.e. the flow of documents and tasks in a business also known as workflow. More flexible Workflow Management Systems are required to support these constantly changing processes. In this research a platform independent architecture for the design of e-workflow systems is illustrated. The architecture includes an information pool, namely a Workflow Pattern Repository, which contains patterns, which are repeatable solutions to reoccurring problems, in order to make the system more apt to change and assist the workflow designer/user in defining workflows faster and more accurately. The patterns in the repository are in the form of UML activity diagram templates. A straightforward input format for storing patterns in the repository is provided along with an example of its practical application.  

scholarly journals Model to Program and Blockchain Approaches for Business Processes and Workflows in Finance

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Meriem Kherbouche ◽  
Galena Pisoni ◽  
Bálint Molnár
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Computing System ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Activity Diagram ◽  
Depth Analysis

Business process modeling and verification have become an essential way to control and assure organizational evolution. We overview the opportunities for the application of blockchain in Business Process Management and Modeling in Finance and we focus on in-depth analysis of claim process in insurance as a use case. We investigate the utilization of blockchain technology for model checking of Workflow, Business Processes to ensure consistency, integrity, and security in a dynamically changing business environment. We create a UML profile for the blockchain, then we combine it with a UML activity diagram followed by a verification using Petri nets to guarantee a distributed computing system and scalable with mutable data. Our paper creates a unified picture of the approaches towards business processes modeling used in the financial industry organized around the set of premises intending to develop a future research agenda for blockchain business process modeling, specifically for the financial industry domain.

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