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Business Process Model and Notation
About: Business Process Model and Notation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9038 publications have been published within this topic receiving 190712 citations. The topic is also known as: Business Process Modeling Notation & BPMN.
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Journal Article•
TL;DR: This paper develops a specific approach for layouting business process graphs based on general graph drawing and discovers use cases relevant in this context of automotive processes.
Abstract: The proper visualization and monitoring of their (ongoing) business processes is crucial for any enterprise.
Thus a broad spectrum of processes has to be visualized ranging from simple, short–running processes to
complex long–running ones (consisting of up to hundreds of activities). In any case, users shall be able to
quickly understand the logic behind a process and to get a quick overview of related tasks. One practical
problem arises when different fragments of a business process are scattered over several systems where they
are often modeled using different process meta models (e.g., High–Level Petri Nets). The challenge is to find
an integrated and user–friendly visualization for these business processes. In this paper we discover use cases
relevant in this context. Since existing graph layout approaches have focused on general graph drawing so
far we further develop a specific approach for layouting business process graphs. The work presented in this
paper is embedded within a larger project (Proviado) on the visualization of automotive processes.
50 citations
Patent•
8 Oct 2007
TL;DR: In this paper, a group of one or more test agents enables creation of a business process test based on monitoring a Business Process Application (BPAP) application, where the test agents monitor a backend interface of the business process application that interfaces the application with a backend enterprise system.
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses enable fast business process test case composition. Instead of the labor intensive and error-prone manual test case composition of previous systems, a group of one or more test agents enables creation of a business process test based on monitoring a business process application. The test agents monitor a backend interface of the business process application that interfaces the application with a backend enterprise system. The test agents generate business process test components and an ordering for the business process test components based on the monitoring. From the test components and the monitoring, the test agents create a business process test. The entire creation process can be performed with little to no user interaction.
50 citations
13 Sep 2010
TL;DR: It is found that the quality of the process designs decreases with the increased use of graphics and that hybrid designs featuring appropriate text labels and abstract graphical forms are well-suited to describe business processes.
Abstract: In this paper, we examine the design of business process diagrams in contexts where novice analysts only have basic design tools such as paper and pencils available, and little to no understanding of formalized modeling approaches. Based on a quasi-experimental study with 89 BPM students, we identify five distinct process design archetypes ranging from textual to hybrid, and graphical representation forms. We also examine the quality of the designs and identify which representation formats enable an analyst to articulate business rules, states, events, activities, temporal and geospatial information in a process model. We found that the quality of the process designs decreases with the increased use of graphics and that hybrid designs featuring appropriate text labels and abstract graphical forms are well-suited to describe business processes. Our research has implications for practical process design work in industry as well as for academic curricula on process design.
50 citations
1 Jan 1998
TL;DR: An approach to process management that has been applied to business and software processes and which, thereby, enabled cross-fertilization between both areas is presented.
Abstract: Management of business and software processes are areas of increasing interest, which evolved nearly independently from each other. In this article we present an approach to process management that has been applied to business and software processes and which, thereby, enabled cross-fertilization between both areas. The goal of this article is to report lessons learned in industrial as well as academic business and software process management projects.
50 citations
1 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a decision framework for process and rule modeling, and an initial procedure model for integrated modeling with the two approaches, with the goal of guiding modelers when to model organizational aspects as rules or processes and in which order to develop separate artifacts.
Abstract: While business process models describe business operations in a procedural form, business rules are typically expressed in a declarative fashion. Previous studies have demonstrated that both approaches are complementary as they address distinct aspects of organizational practices. However, both approaches share areas of overlap that allow for the linkage of rule bases and process models. Current technology offerings allow for the pragmatic invocation of rule engines from business process management systems, but an integrated procedure model is lacking that guides modelers when to model organizational aspects as rules or processes and in which order to develop the separate artifacts. The research presented here aims to address this gap by presenting a decision framework for process and rule modeling, and an initial procedure model for integrated modeling with the two approaches.
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| 2025 | 42 |
| 2024 | 73 |
| 2023 | 131 |
| 2022 | 220 |
| 2021 | 128 |
| 2020 | 167 |