An XML-based process definition language for integrated process management

  • Authors:

  • Injun Choi;Minseok Song;Chulsoon Park;Namkyu Park

  • Affiliations:

  • Pohang University of Science and Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, San 31 Hyoja, Pohang 790-784, South Korea;Pohang University of Science and Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, San 31 Hyoja, Pohang 790-784, South Korea;Pohang University of Science and Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, San 31 Hyoja, Pohang 790-784, South Korea;Intelligenceware Inc., Seoul 135-280, South Korea

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Industry
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Business processes are increasingly recognized as important corporate assets that need to be managed throughout their lifecycle. Specially, interests in supply chain management and virtual enterprises require a new paradigm that provides lifecycle support for business processes. Integrated Process Management (IPM) has been proposed as a business process management paradigm that aims at integrating processes using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and supporting design, analysis, automation, and management of business process knowledge. This paper introduces IPM-PDL, an XML-based process definition language for IPM. Process definitions and related data are integrated using XML which will be translated to a colored Petri Net. Various analysis and simulation can be performed to check the validity of a new process and estimate its performance. The paper also introduces ProcessWare, a prototype system for IPM-process definition language (PDL), along with an extended example which will demonstrate how IPM can effectively manage business processes throughout their lifecycle ranging from process modeling to process knowledge management.