A Conceptual Model of SOA-Enabled Business Process and its Empirical Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-32
Author(s):  
Serdal Bayram ◽  
Özalp Vayvay ◽  
Süleyman Serdar Yörük
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Systems ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Market Requirements ◽  
Business Opportunities

In today’s strong competitive environment, business processes that answer customer needs are required to be flexible and agile so as not to miss business opportunities and to adopt new market requirements and new trends easily so business activity monitoring is becoming more crucial for enterprises. Although obstacles of the mass of hybrid and complex distributed systems make it an effortful issue, SOA researchers investigate solutions to eliminate them. This study proposes a conceptual model for SOA-enabled business process frameworks to identify components of such systems. The model consists of entities and their relationships represented by UML. The proposed model was tested in an international company where its business processes are well-defined and IT is seen as an important necessity for their implementation.

scholarly journals Adaptive model to support business process reengineering

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e505
Author(s):  
Noha Ahmed Bayomy ◽  
Ayman E. Khedr ◽  
Laila A. Abd-Elmegid
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Time Cycle ◽  
The One

The one constant in the world is change. The changing dynamics of business environment enforces the organizations to re-design or reengineer their business processes. The main objective of such reengineering processes is to provide services or produce products with the possible lowest cost, shortest time, and best quality. Accordingly, Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) provides a roadmap of how to efficiently achieve the operational goals in terms of enhanced flexibility and productivity, reduced cost, and improved quality of service or product. In this article, we propose an efficient model for BPR. The model specifies where the breakdowns occur in BPR implementation, justifies why such breakdowns occur, and proposes techniques to prevent their occurrence again. The proposed model has been built based on two main sections. The first section focuses on integrating Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and the performance of business processes during the reengineering processes. Additionally, it implements the association rule mining technique to investigate the relationship between CSFs and different business processes. The second section aims to measure the performance of business processes (intended success of BPR) by process time, cycle time, quality and cost before and after reengineering processes. A case study of the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) is used to test the efficiency of the proposed model.

Identification and Measurement of the Knowledge-Sharing Requirements in Collaborative Business Processes

2011 ◽  
pp. 215-231
Author(s):  
Farhad Daneshgar
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Modelling Language ◽  
Collaborative Processes ◽  
Semantic Concepts ◽  
Analysis Of Knowledge ◽  
What Matters

This chapter introduces a modelling language called Awareness Net for both representation as well as measuring the knowledge-sharing requirements in collaborative business processes. It is a conceptual model that facilitates representation and analysis of knowledge-sharing requirements of the actors in collaborative business processes. The representation and measurement are handled by a set of collaborative semantic concepts and their relationships. The proposed language enforces overall specification of what matters to the actors in collaborative processes when collaborating in business process to keep them aware of the collaboration context.

Business streamlining – an integrated model of service sourcing

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Molin ◽  
Lars-Johan Åge
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Ongoing Relationship ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Longitudinal Case Studies ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purchasing of services is a significantly under-researched area. The purpose of this study is to suggest a conceptual model of service sourcing relationships, including the post-contract phase. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodology involving two longitudinal case studies that were analyzed with a grounded theory approach to build a conceptual model was applied. Findings The proposed model consists of a core process that is termed “business streamlining” and denotes the process by which four interrelated dimensions are managed to making the business processes of the buying organization simpler and more effective and/or productive. Research limitations/implications Although the research methodology is qualitative and does not allow statistical generalization, the study does provide valuable insights into the management of the service sourcing process. Practical implications The model proposed in this study can be utilized by managers to impose a useful conceptual structure on otherwise fluid and intangible processes, which makes them easier to analyze and facilitates strategic corporate decision-making. Originality/value The paper proposes a model that grasps the dynamics and reality of service (out-) sourcing relationships, including the ongoing relationship management process.

Formalization of business workflow with typed attributed graph

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-398
Author(s):  
Dipty Tripathi ◽  
Shreya Banerjee ◽  
Anirban Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Exception Handling ◽  
Workflow Model ◽  
Deadlock Detection ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Attributed Graph

Purpose Business process workflow is a design conceptualization to automate the sequence of activities to achieve a business goal with involved participants and a predefined set of rules. Regarding this, a formal business workflow model is a prime requisite to implement a consistent and rigorous business process. In this context, majority of the existing research works are formalized structural features and have not focused on functional and behavioral design aspects of business processes. To address this problem, this paper aims to propose a formal model of business process workflow called as business process workflow using typed attributed graph (BPWATG) enriched with structural, functional and behavioral characteristics of business processes. Design/methodology/approach Typed attributed graph (ATG) and first-order logic have been used to formalize proposed BPWATG to provide rigorous syntax and semantics towards business process workflows. This is an effort to execute a business workflow on an automated machine. Further, the proposed BPWATG is illustrated using a case study to show the expressiveness of proposed model. Besides, the proposed graph is initially validated using generic modelling environment (GME) case tool. Moreover, a comparative study is performed with existing formal approaches based on several crucial features to exhibit the effectiveness of proposed BPWATG. Findings The proposed model is capable of facilitating structural, functional and behavioral aspects of business process workflows using several crucial features such as dependency conceptualization, timer concepts, exception handling and deadlock detection. These features are used to handle real-world problems and ensure the consistency and correctness of business workflows. Originality/value BPWATG is proposed to formalize a business workflow that is required to make a model of business process machine-readable. Besides, formalizations of dependency conceptualization, exception handling, deadlock detection and time-out concepts are specified. Moreover, several non-functional properties (reusability, scalability, flexibility, dynamicity, reliability and robustness) are supported by the proposed model.

Towards a Flexible and Adaptable Modeling of Business Processes

2014 ◽  
pp. 174-183
Author(s):  
Khadhir Bekki ◽  
Hafida Belachir
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Separation Of Concerns ◽  
Business Rules ◽  
Business Rule ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Eca Rules ◽  
Post Condition

This article proposes a flexible way in business process modeling and managing. Today, business process needs to be more flexible and adaptable. The regulations and policies in organizations, as origins of change, are often expressed in terms of business rules. The ECA (Event-condition-action) rule is a popular way to incorporate flexibility into a process design. To raise the flexibility in the business processes, the authors consider governing any business activity through ECA rules based on business rules. For adaptability, the separation of concerns supports adaptation in several ways. To cope with flexibility and adaptability, the authors propose a new multi concern rule based model. For each concern, each business rule is formalized using their CECAPENETE formalism (Concern -Event-Condition-Action-Post condition- check Execution- Number of check -Else-Trigger-else Event). Then, the rules based process is translated into a graph of rules that is analyzed in terms of relations between concerns, reliably and flexibility.

scholarly journals The Business Process Design Space for exploring process redesign alternatives

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Gross ◽  
Katharina Stelzl ◽  
Thomas Grisold ◽  
Jan Mendling ◽  
Maximilian Röglinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Real World ◽  
Process Design ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Business Process Design ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Process Redesign ◽  
Design Alternatives

PurposeProcess redesign refers to the intentional change of business processes. While process redesign methods provide structure to redesign projects, they provide limited support during the actual creation of to-be processes. More specifically, existing approaches hardly develop an ontological perspective on what can be changed from a process design point of view, and they provide limited procedural guidance on how to derive possible process design alternatives. This paper aims to provide structured guidance during the to-be process creation.Design/methodology/approachUsing design space exploration as a theoretical lens, the authors develop a conceptual model of the design space for business processes, which facilitates the systematic exploration of design alternatives along different dimensions. The authors utilized an established method for taxonomy development for constructing the conceptual model. First, the authors derived design dimensions for business processes and underlying characteristics through a literature review. Second, the authors conducted semi-structured interviews with professional process experts. Third, the authors evaluated their artifact through three real-world applications.FindingsThe authors identified 19 business process design dimensions that are grouped into different layers and specified by underlying characteristics. Guiding questions and illustrative real-world examples help to deploy these design dimensions in practice. Taken together, the design dimensions form the “Business Process Design Space” (BPD-Space).Research limitations/implicationsPractitioners can use the BPD-Space to explore, question and rethink business processes in various respects.Originality/valueThe BPD-Space complements existing approaches by explicating process design dimensions. It abstracts from specific process flows and representations of processes and supports an unconstrained exploration of various alternative process designs.

scholarly journals Integrating Exploitative and Explorative Thinking in Business Process Analysis: A Conceptual Model and Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Carina Alves ◽  
Higor Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Expert Opinion ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Business Process Analysis ◽  
Expert Opinion Survey

Ambidextrous BPM has gained increasing interest from researchers and practitioners in the last years. It refers to the ability to use exploitative and explorative capabilities in BPM projects. In this paper, we investigate how the integration of exploitative and explorative ideas can leverage the analysis of business processes. The key contributions of this paper are a conceptual model and a method that integrate ambidextrous thinking in a complementary way. Both artefacts were evaluated by means of an expert opinion survey. We also present a case study at an organisation that has implemented our proposed method. We believe that ambidextrous analysis of business processes enables organisations tackling current operational bottlenecks while simultaneously exploring external opportunities for designing innovation in business processes.

scholarly journals УПРАВЛІННЯ ІННОВАЦІЙНИМИ БІЗНЕС-ПРОЦЕСАМИ АГРАРНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ СІЛЬСЬКИХ РЕГІОНІВ

2021 ◽  
Vol 151 (5) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Olena M. Nifatova
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Stakeholder Interests ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Favourable Environment

The article seeks to provide a robust framework to ensure effective management of innovative business processes at agricultural companies in rural areas. Based on different conceptual interpretations of the "innovation" and "business processes" terms, this study suggests to consider the innovative business processes as a goal-oriented set of operations (activities) performed sequentially or simultaneously (transforming inputs into outputs) that shapes a desired ultimate result with a focus to its application and R&D commercialization. Presenting innovation-based activities of rural agricultural companies in a business process format will facilitate their better adaptability to rapidly changing external environment, enable to assess the effectiveness of individual innovations as well as to detect the bottlenecks and errors and eliminate or mitigate them at the initial stage of innovation development. From the perspective of a process-based approach, the proposed model of managing innovative business processes of agricultural enterprises in rural areas provides an opportunity to: 1) benefit from effective use of innovative technology to achieve strategic goals of rural agricultural enterprises; 2) harmonize stakeholder interests of all rural agribusinesses and accumulate resources for their implementation) to provide rationale for agribusiness activities in rural areas in terms of ensuring their competitiveness; 4) to boost the profitability of rural agribusinesses and generate unused resources. The identification of such common elements contributes to better understanding of the logic of a systemic framework to manage innovative technology process based on business process compositional modeling. The findings demonstrate that step-by-step algorithm based on the proposed model will enable to carry out a sound assessment of the innovation potential of agricultural companies, build their sustainable competitive advantages along with contributing to creating a favourable environment to implement innovative development strategy in the agriculture industry and promote the application of technological innovations in manufacturing and management.

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