From process logic to business logic-A cognitive approach to business process management

  • Authors:
  • Minhong Wang;Huaiqing Wang

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business, 83 Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon, Hong Kong;Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business, 83 Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon, Hong Kong

  • Venue:
  • Information and Management
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The unpredictability of business activities means that business process management should provide a way to adapt to change. The traditional workflow approach, based on predefined process logic, offers little support for today's complex and dynamic business environment. Therefore, a cognitive approach is proposed to help manage complex business activities, based on continuous awareness of situations and real-time decisions on activities. In this approach, the business environment is seen as capturing events that occurred and the state of tasks and resources; business logic involving process routing, operational constraints, exception handling and business strategy is used to determine which actions are appropriate for the current situation. By extending process management from process logic to business logic, the methodology offers flexibility, agility and adaptability in complex business process management.