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Underlying any Business Process Management (BPM) project is the need to represent business processes, using an appropriate language. In this paper, based on a thorough review of the relevant literature, we made a comparative analysis of five business process modeling languages, widely used in the context of BPM projects. The main objective is to understand the strengths and major limitations of each one, in order to draw a comparative perspective between them. For this purpose, we have created a comparative framework in which each one of the languages are characterized regarding a number of relevant criteria. Finally, a prototype specifically developed to support this framework, is presented. The purpose of this prototype is to assist users in choosing a suitable business process modeling language, according to their specific needs.

This paper aims to provide new insights into information systems (IS) project management success. Even though many studies found in the literature show results of software development projects, few studies address the success of IS (socio-technical) projects. Responses to an international survey, regarding 472 projects in total, showed that IS project management is achieving high levels of success; yet, only a minority of projects end without changes in scope, schedule or cost. Furthermore, the results show that changes in scope, schedule or cost are frequent in this kind of project and do not significantly affect the perception of success. These results provide researchers and practitioners with a better understanding of IS project management success evaluation.

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Due to the increasing acceptance of BPM (Business Process Management), nowadays BPM tools are extensively used in organizations. Core to BPM are the process modeling languages, of which BPMN is the one that has been receiving most attention these days. Once a business process is described using BPMN, one can use a process simulation approach in order to discover its optimized form. This paper analyzes the business process modeling and simulation areas, identifying the elements that must be present in the BPMN language in order to allow processes to be simulated. During this analysis a set of existing BPM tools, which support BPMN, are compared regarding their limitations in terms of simulation capabilities. In this context, a platform to support the characterization of BPM tools regarding process simulation capabilities has been developed, which might be useful to users who want to select the most adequate BPM tool taking into account their simulation needs.