Process modeling by process owners: A decentralized approach

  • Authors:
  • Oktay Turetken;Onur Demirors

  • Affiliations:
  • Bilgi Grubu Ltd., ODTU Teknokent, 06531, Ankara, Turkey;Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

  • Venue:
  • Software Process: Improvement and Practice - Advances in Software Process Improvement
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Majority of current methods for process modeling utilize a centralized approach in which a group of experts work with the agents to understand, model, and improve the organization's processes. This article proposes a novel approach for process modeling that is based on the idea that modeling organizations' processes can be performed by process owners—individuals actually performing the processes. Instead of having a centralized and devoted group of people, process performers are held responsible for the model and improve their own processes concurrently and in a decentralized manner. The article also summarizes the lessons learned by the application of the method in two organizations. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.