From conceptual process models to running systems: A holistic approach for the configuration of enterprise system processes

  • Authors:

  • Alexander Dreiling;Michael Rosemann;Wil M. P. van der Aalst;Wasim Sadiq

  • Affiliations:

  • European Research Center for Information Systems, University of Münster, Leonardo-Campus 3, 48149 Münster, Germany and SAP Research CEC Brisbane, SAP Australia Pty Ltd., Level 12/133 Mar ...;Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Level 5/126 Margaret St., Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia;Department of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, NL-5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands;SAP Research CEC Brisbane, SAP Australia Pty Ltd., Level 12/133 Mary St., Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper proposes a method which aims at increasing the efficiency of enterprise system implementations. First, we argue that existing process modeling languages that feature different degrees of abstraction for different user groups exist and are used for different purposes which makes it necessary to integrate them. We describe how to do this using the meta models of the involved languages. Second, we argue that an integrated process model based on the integrated meta model needs to be configurable and elaborate on the enabling mechanisms. We introduce a business example using SAP modeling techniques to illustrate the proposed method.