A Broader View on Context Models towards Supporting Business Process Agility

2011 ◽  
pp. 337-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Thönssen ◽  
Daniela Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Workflow Engine ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Run Time ◽  
Context Models

Today’s enterprises need to be agile, to be able to cope with unexpected changes, to increasingly be dynamic, and to continually deal with change. Change affecting business processes may range from ad hoc modification to process evolution. In this chapter we present dimensions of change concentrating on a specific ability of an enterprise to deal with change. To support business in being agile we propose a semantically enriched context model based on well known enterprise architecture. We present a context aware workflow engine basing on the context model and on rules which trigger process adaptations during run time.

The Design of Enterprise Cooperative Platform Based on Workflow

2014 ◽  
Vol 568-570 ◽  
pp. 1616-1620
Author(s):  
Min Qin ◽  
Shi Quan Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Management System ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Workflow Management System ◽  
Workflow Engine ◽  
Operation Efficiency ◽  
Business Operation ◽  
Whole Process

At present, the enterprise has many business processes. It need transfer many forms involving personnel, procurement and other aspects. The workflow management system uses computer network to realize the automation of the business process. This paper analyses the workflow management system, describes the operational principle of the workflow engine and presents a cooperative platform design based on workflow. It can effectively track the whole process and realize standardized management. Otherwise, it can enhance the enterprise business operation efficiency.

scholarly journals A Business Process Model for IT Management Based on Enterprise Architecture

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Montilva ◽  
Judith Barrios ◽  
Isabel Besembel ◽  
William Montilva
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
It Management ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Business Alignment ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Key Factor

The successful application of Information Technologies (IT) in an organization depends on the business processes used for managing such technologies. It is widely recognized that the use of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice for organizing these technologies into a framework is a key factor for achieving a better IT - business alignment. This article presents a business process model for the IT Management that can be used in medium and large organizations as a framework for modelling and analysing their IT management processes. The main difference between the described model and others found in the literature is that our model places EA concept at the centre of the organization of IT Management activities. It provides a better definition, organization and comprehension of the essential and support IT management activities. The described model is being used in several organizations as a referential framework to improve their current IT Management processes.

Model-based Validation of Business Processes

2012 ◽  
pp. 165-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Pourshahid ◽  
Liam Peyton ◽  
Sepideh Ghanavati ◽  
Daniel Amyot ◽  
Pengfei Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Warehouse ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Legal Compliance ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Model Based

Validation should be done in the context of understanding how a business process is intended to contribute to the business strategies of an organization. Validation can take place along a variety of dimensions including legal compliance, financial cost, customer value, and service quality. A business process modeling tool cannot anticipate all the ways in which a business process might need to be validated. However, it can provide a framework for extending model elements to represent context for a business process. It can also support information exchange to facilitate validation with other tools and systems. This chapter demonstrates a model-based approach to validation using a hospital approval process for accessing patient data in a data warehouse. An extensible meta-model, a flexible data exchange layer, and linkage between business processes and enterprise context are shown to be the critical elements in model-based business process validation.

Processes

2019 ◽  
pp. 131-167
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Business Service ◽  
Architecture Model ◽  
Service Basis ◽  
Process Architecture

The implementation of several modern concepts of enterprise architecture creation is analyzed and real-time business process generation is described. Cloud-based self-generated business service is constructed as a basis of the resulting concept with an aim to increase the flexibility of enterprise and introduce AaaS (architecture as a service). Under particular business request in form of correctly formulated strategic goal the generation of business process model is produced. The result of the generation is cross-cutting business process architecture model, which is approved or rejected/corrected by business owner expertise. During generation all necessary requirements for supporting resources, such as information, know-how, intellectual and professional skills, inputs and outputs, quality and operational risk limitations, control and monitoring, are formed. All formed requirements have to be satisfied by appropriate selections from the cloud facilities and again approved. Finally, after several iterations, the business model will be able to be realized in reality and could be executed with predicted results. Briefly, that means that certain sets of valued and weighted business process replicas are located in clouds and served in clouds. Thus, enterprise architecture becomes a regular service from clouds extending row of SOA in the name of AaaS. In addition, the advanced view on the topic is provided with an attempt to install a virtual SOA torrent that catches services from the internet and makes them available to customers and represents a business service basis for real-time business processes.

A Model-based Approach for Diagnosing Fault in Web Service Processes

2013 ◽  
pp. 92-116
Author(s):  
Yuhong Yan ◽  
Philippe Dague ◽  
Yannick Pencolé ◽  
Marie-Odile Cordier
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Service Orchestration ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Web Service Orchestration ◽  
Business Process Execution

Web services based on a service-oriented architecture framework provide a suitable technical foundation for business process management and integration. A business process can be composed of a set of Web services that belong to different companies and interact with each other by sending messages. Web service orchestration languages are defined by standard organizations to describe business processes composed of Web services. A business process can fail for many reasons, such as faulty Web services or mismatching messages. It is important to find out which Web services are responsible for a failed business process because we could penalize these Web services and exclude them from the business process in the future. In this paper, we propose a model-based approach to diagnose the faults in a Web service-composed business process. We convert a Web service orchestration language, more specifically BPEL4WS, into synchronized automata, so that we have a formal description of the topology and variable dependency of the business process. After an exception is thrown, the diagnoser can calculate the business process execution trajectory based on the formal model and the observed evolution of the business process. The faulty Web services are deduced from the variable dependency on the execution trajectory. We demonstrate our diagnosis technique with an example.

Design of Workflow Engine Based on Relational Structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Song Ji ◽  
Weifang Zhai ◽  
Yiran Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Operation Mode ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Office Automation ◽  
Workflow Engine ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Relational Structures ◽  
The Core ◽  
Office Automation System

Workflow technology is the core technology to realize business process modeling, process operation, monitoring and management, and ultimately realize business process automation. Workflow-based office automation system can separate code writing and the operation mode. When business processes need to be changed, there is no need to modify the program. Users only need to customize the workflow through the visual process customization mode. The workflow engine is the core of the whole workflow management system and the control center of the whole system. This article designs a workflow engine based on a relational structure, including the design of workflow engine class, functional component, interface and database. Finally, a flexible office automation system with customizable business processes is implemented.

scholarly journals A Proposed Ontology-Based Generic Context Model for Ubiquitous Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-64
Author(s):  
Benmesbah Ouissem ◽  
Mahnane Lamia ◽  
Mohamed Hafidi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Intelligent System ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Context Modeling ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning ◽  
Context Model ◽  
Specific Domain ◽  
Context Models ◽  
Common Understanding ◽  
Model Context

Context modeling is the keystone to enable the intelligent system to adapt its functionalities properly to different situations. As such, a representation mechanism that allows an adequate manipulation of this kind of information is required, and diverse approaches have been introduced; however, what takes more value and is being positioned as a standard is the ontology-based context modeling because it presents a common understanding vocabulary for a specific domain. Hence, it might be beneficial to have a generic ontology to model context in this area. However, according to diverse works, there is no proposal of a generic context model for context-aware learning. For addressing this problem, several existing context models are studied to identify the essentials of context modeling, whereby an ontology-based generic context model is presented. The proposed ontology is evaluated in two ways. Firstly, scenarios are used to justify the feasibility of the model; then a comparative study and evaluation metrics are applied to assess the proposal.

A Model-Based Approach for Diagnosing Fault in Web Service Processes

2011 ◽  
pp. 1970-1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhong Yan ◽  
Philippe Dague ◽  
Yannick Pencolé ◽  
Marie-Odile Cordier
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Formal Description ◽  
Service Orchestration ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Web Service Orchestration ◽  
Business Process Execution

Web service orchestration languages are defined to describe business processes composed of Web services. A business process can fail for many reasons, such as faulty Web services or mismatching messages. It is important to find out which Web services are responsible for a failed business process because we could penalize these Web services and exclude them from the business process in the future. In this paper, we propose a model-based approach to diagnose the faults in a Web service-composed business process. We convert a Web service orchestration language, BPEL4WS, into synchronized automata, so that we have a formal description of the topology and variable dependency of the business process. After an exception is thrown, the diagnoser can calculate the business process execution trajectory based on the formal model and the observed evolution of the business process. The faulty Web services are deduced from the variable dependency on the execution trajectory.

New Profession Development

2010 ◽  
pp. 336-358
Author(s):  
Ying Tat Leung ◽  
Nathan S. Caswell ◽  
Manjunath Kamath
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Engineering Discipline ◽  
Process Engineer ◽  
Professional Business ◽  
Business Line

Adding engineering discipline to defining and managing the operation of business processes has become a truism although results of practical application have been mixed. This chapter argues that an obstacle to business process (re)engineering is the lack of a business process engineer role with an associated professional education, tools, and community. The main argument derives from an analysis of the domain structure for system design and comparison with existing practices in manufacturing engineering. We observe that: (1) At present there does not exist a profession of business process engineers. Their role in a firm is filled, on an ad-hoc basis, by business line personnel, information technology analysts or architects, and/or management consultants; (2) There is an increasingly critical need to master the subject of business process engineering for an individual firm as well as the general U.S. industry; (3) Other professionals, while having their own specialized skills valuable to a firm, do not necessarily have the optimal skill set for business process engineering. We therefore conclude that there is an urgent need for a professional business process engineer. We discuss the skills required of this profession and briefly describe a first course offered at a university on this subject. We propose that academic institutions should seriously consider such a new program today.

scholarly journals Architecting business process maps

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geert Poels ◽  
Félix García ◽  
Francisco Ruiz ◽  
Mario Piattini
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Mapping ◽  
Process Map ◽  
Process Maps ◽  
Meta Model ◽  
Modelling Languages ◽  
High Level ◽  
Process Architecture

Process maps provide a high-level overview of an organization?s business processes. While used for many years in different shapes and forms, there is little shared understanding of the concept and its relationship to business process architecture. In this paper, we position the concept of process map within the domain of architecture description. By ?architecting? the concept of business process map, we identify and clarify diverging views of this concept as found in the literature and set requirements for describing process maps. A meta-model for a process mapping language is produced as a result. The proposed meta-model allows investigating the suitability of EA modelling languages as a basis for defining a domain-specific language for process mapping along with the creation of a better understanding of business process architecture in relation to enterprise architecture, which can be beneficial for both BPM and EA professionals.

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