Conference
Business Process Modeling Notation
About: Business Process Modeling Notation is an academic conference. The conference publishes majorly in the area(s): Business Process Model and Notation & Business process. Over the lifetime, 40 publications have been published by the conference receiving 908 citations.
Topics: Business Process Model and Notation, Business process, Business process modeling, Process modeling, XPDL
Papers
21 Nov 2011
TL;DR: This paper defines an ontology that formally represents the BPMN specification and can be used as a knowledge base and is used as an syntax checker to validate concrete BPMn models.
Abstract: The Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a widely used standard for business process modelling and maintained by the Object Management Group (OMG). However, the BPMN 2.0 specification is quite comprehensive and spans more than 500 pages. The definition of an element is distributed across different sections and sometimes conflicting. In addition, the structure of the elements and their relationships are described within the metamodel, however, further syntactical rules are defined within the natural text. Therefore, this paper defines an ontology that formally represents the BPMN specification. This ontology is called the BPMN 2.0 Ontology and can be used as a knowledge base. The description of an element is combined within the corresponding class and further explanations are provided in annotations. This allows a much faster understanding of BPMN. In addition, the ontology is used as a syntax checker to validate concrete BPMN models.
81 citations
21 Nov 2011
TL;DR: In this paper, business process models are typically graphs that communicate knowledge about the work performed in organizations, and collections of these models are gathered to analyze and improve the way an organization operates, from a research perspective, these collections tell about modeling styles, the relevance of modeling constructs, and common formal modeling mistakes.
Abstract: Business process models are typically graphs that communicate knowledge about the work performed in organizations. Collections of these models are gathered to analyze and improve the way an organization operates. From a research perspective, these collections tell about modeling styles, the relevance of modeling constructs, and common formal modeling mistakes.
56 citations
12 Sep 2012
TL;DR: This paper mainly focuses on the part related to the elicitation and definition of data quality requirements and presents an extension of BPMN suitable to include them at a business process modeling level.
Abstract: BPMN is a notation for business process modeling through which it is possible to represent multiple characteristics of the analyzed business processes. However, although in a business process data play a fundamental role, it is still not possible to model data quality issues using BPMN due mainly to the lack of a specific notation. Since data quality is one of the main elements for achieving the business process goals, we aim to develop a comprehensive framework that supports the design of data quality-aware business processes. In this paper, we mainly focus on the part related to the elicitation and definition of data quality requirements and we present an extension of BPMN suitable to include them at a business process modeling level.
49 citations
13 Oct 2010
TL;DR: This paper proposes a positioning of BPMN 2.0 and BPEL, introduces the notion of a “native metamodel”, and emphasizes the role of the native metamODel of a process engine for the actual discussion.
Abstract: BPMN 2.0 is an executable process modeling language. Thus, its relation to BPEL becomes an issue. In this paper, we propose a positioning of both languages, introduce the notion of a “native metamodel”, and emphasize the role of the native metamodel of a process engine for the actual discussion.
42 citations
21 Nov 2011
TL;DR: An existing language evaluation framework is extended in order to cover the specificities of choreographies, and a number of issues in BPMN 2.0 that affect the perceptual discriminability of certain choreography modelling constructs are identified.
Abstract: The notion of choreography has emerged over the past years as a foundational concept for capturing and managing collaborative business processes. This concept has been adopted as a first-class citizen in the latest version of the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN 2.0). However, it remains an open question whether or not BPMN 2.0 is actually appropriate for capturing choreographies. In this paper, we shed light into this question by extending an existing language evaluation framework in order to cover the specificities of choreographies, and applying the extended evaluation framework to BPMN 2.0. Among others, the evaluation identifies a number of issues in BPMN 2.0 that affect the perceptual discriminability of certain choreography modelling constructs. These deficiencies could potentially affect the comprehensibility of models and lead to confusion, particularly among novice users. Recommendations for addressing these deficiencies are put forward.
39 citations
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2010 | 12 |