BPMN* - A Notation for Representation of Variability in Business Process Towards Supporting Business Process Line Modeling

Terenciani, Marcelo; Paiva, Débora Maria Barroso; Landre, Geraldo; Cagnin, Maria Istela

doi:10.18293/seke2015-055

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“…Many of these variability management approaches can be used in conjunction with different business process modeling languages. For example, PESOA can be applied over UML ADs or with BPMN; ADOM [30] can be used with UML ADs, EPCs or with BPMN [31]; and BPMN* [32] and BPMNext [33], which are considered extensions of BPMN for modeling variability. Along the same lines, the proposal of Common Variability Language (CVL) [34] allows expressing variability in a language independently of the base modeling language.…”

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Modeling Variability in the Performance Perspective of Business Processes

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The modeling and management of business processes often leads to the definition of several variants of the same process. This variability can be reflected in different process perspectives such as control-flow, data, resources or performance. The management of process variants can be a laborious, timeconsuming and error-prone task since they require a high coordination in the management of each variant and in most cases this management is done manually. For this reason, many proposals have been developed to deal with the variability of business processes. However, none of them covers in detail the variability in the performance perspective, which is concerned with the definition of performance requirements usually specified as a set of Process Performance Indicators (PPIs). This variability can be reflected in the form of repetitive and redundant PPI definitions, and can lead to errors and inconsistencies in PPI definitions. To address this problem, in this article we propose a detailed PPI variability classification and a formalization of how PPIs can be modeled together with the variability of other process perspectives. To this end, we considered variability management approaches, called by restriction and by extension, and we illustrated our proposal by integrating it with existing variability modeling languages. An evaluation conducted in two scenarios shows the feasibility and usefulness of our proposal.

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“…In this context, Terenciani et al [6] developed a tool, named BPLFramework 1.0, which is an Eclipse plugin that supports the creation and documentation of BPLs, in accordance to the approach of Management (creation, instantiation and evolution) of Business Process Lines (MBPL) [8]. This tool uses the notations of feature model [9], BPMN [10] and BPMN* [11], and manages the variability of the BPMN basic elements (activity, task and data object). Except that the BPLFramework 1.0 does not support the instantiation of BPLs.…”

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BPL-Framework 2.0: Support tool for Creation and Instantiation of Business Process Lines

Ferreira¹,

Paiva

Cagnin³

2017

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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The use of software reuse techniques in the context of business processes, such as Business Process Lines (BPL), makes viable the efficient reuse of business process models. In this context, it is highlighted the importance of computational support to aid the creation, instantiation and evolution of BPLs, once that the models created are complex due to the domain inherent characteristics and the dynamism of the business. The objective of this paper is to present an evolution to the BPL-Framework 1.0, tool responsible for creating BPLs, to also include the instantiation of this kind of line. The tool facilitates the resolution of variability throughout the instantiation and generates the instance automatically without human intervention.

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RBPMN: the value of roles for business process modeling

Skouti,

Seiger,

Furrer

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Softw Syst Model

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Business process modeling is essential for organizations to comprehend, analyze, and enhance their business operations. The business process model and notation (BPMN) is a standard widely adopted for illustrating business processes. However, it falls short when modeling roles, interactions, and responsibilities within complex modern processes that involve digital, human, and non-human entities, typically found in cyber-physical systems (CPS). In this paper, we introduce Role-based BPMN (RBPMN), a standard-compliant extension of BPMN 2.0 that distinctly depicts roles and their interactions within business processes. We underscore the value of RBPMN and a role-based context modeling approach through a modeling example in CPS that facilitates the representation of role-based variations in the process flow, namely a production process in a smart factory. Our findings suggest that RBPMN is a valuable BPMN extension that enhances the expressiveness, variability, and comprehensiveness of business process models, especially in complex and context-sensitive processes.

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BPMN* - A Notation for Representation of Variability in Business Process Towards Supporting Business Process Line Modeling

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Modeling Variability in the Performance Perspective of Business Processes

Modeling Variability in the Performance Perspective of Business Processes

BPL-Framework 2.0: Support tool for Creation and Instantiation of Business Process Lines

RBPMN: the value of roles for business process modeling

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