eSPEM – a SPEM extension for enactable behavior modeling

  • Authors:
  • Ralf Ellner;Samir Al-Hilank;Johannes Drexler;Martin Jung;Detlef Kips;Michael Philippsen

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department 2, Programming Systems Group, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany;Develop group Basys GmbH, Erlangen, Germany;Develop group Basys GmbH, Erlangen, Germany;Develop group Basys GmbH, Erlangen, Germany;Computer Science Department 2, Programming Systems Group, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany;Computer Science Department 2, Programming Systems Group, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

  • Venue:
  • ECMFA'10 Proceedings of the 6th European conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

OMG’s SPEM – by means of its (semi-)formal notation – allows for a detailed description of development processes and methodologies, but can only be used for a rather coarse description of their behavior. Concepts for a more fine-grained behavior model are considered out of scope of the SPEM standard and have to be provided by other standards like BPDM/BPMN or UML. However, a coarse granularity of the behavior model often impedes a computer-aided enactment of a process model. Therefore, in this paper we present eSPEM, an extension of SPEM, that is based on the UML meta-model and focused on fine-grained behavior and life-cycle modeling and thereby supports automated enactment of development processes.