Change patterns and change support features in process-aware information systems

  • Authors:

  • Barbara Weber;Stefanie Rinderle;Manfred Reichert

  • Affiliations:

  • Quality Engineering Research Group, University of Innsbruck, Austria;Inst. Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University, Germany;Information Systems Group, University of Twente, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • CAiSE'07 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In order to provide effective support, the introduction of process-aware information systems (PAIS) must not freeze existing business processes. Instead PAIS should allow authorized users to flexibly deviate from the predefined processes if required and to evolve business processes in a controlled manner over time. Many software vendors promise flexible system solutions for realizing such adaptive PAIS, but are often unable to cope with fundamental issues related to process change (e.g., correctness and robustness). The existence of different process support paradigms and the lack of methods for comparing existing change approaches makes it difficult for PAIS engineers to choose the adequate technology. In this paper we suggest a set of changes patterns and change support features to foster systematic comparison of existing process management technology with respect to cha nge support. Based on these change patterns and features, we provide an evaluation of selected systems.