Configurable multi-perspective business process models

  • Authors:

  • Marcello La Rosa;Marlon Dumas;Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede;Jan Mendling

  • Affiliations:

  • Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane 4001, Australia;University of Tartu, J Liivi 2 Tartu 50409, Estonia;Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane 4001, Australia;Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Information Systems
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

A configurable process model provides a consolidated view of a family of business processes. It promotes the reuse of proven practices by providing analysts with a generic modeling artifact from which to derive individual process models. Unfortunately, the scope of existing notations for configurable process modeling is restricted, thus hindering their applicability. Specifically, these notations focus on capturing tasks and control-flow dependencies, neglecting equally important ingredients of business processes such as data and resources. This research fills this gap by proposing a configurable process modeling notation incorporating features for capturing resources, data and physical objects involved in the performance of tasks. The proposal has been implemented in a toolset that assists analysts during the configuration phase and guarantees the correctness of the resulting process models. The approach has been validated by means of a case study from the film industry.