Semantic derivation of Enterprise Information Architecture from Business Process Architecture

Ahmad, Mahmood; Odeh, Mohammed

doi:10.1109/iccta.2012.6523551

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“…Studies on the enactment BPM lifecycle phase referred mainly to models, methods and instantiations. The following works focused on BPA operation: methods (Dwivedi and Kulkarni, 2008; Yousef et al , 2009) and criteria (Yi et al , 2009) for identifying services implementing a given BPA, ontology-based methods for aligning (Castellanos and Correal, 2013) and deriving (Ahmad and Odeh, 2012) the information architecture, a method for evaluating ICT investment decisions (Becker et al , 2008), a BPA-based method for structuring a project (Davis et al , 2010), risk (Martinez et al , 2014) and security (Bichou, 2004) assessment models and methods derived from domain-specific process maps, an instance of the derivation of a domain-specific IT map from a process map (Aouad et al , 1998) and use of reference models for diagnosing IT change needed in the telecommunication industry (Potter and Brady, 2005). Regarding BPA monitoring, a study discussed the role of process measures for ERP success (Beretta, 2002).…”

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Business process architecture design methodologies – a literature review

Gonzalez-Lopez

Bustos

2019

BPMJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the current state of the research field of business process architecture (BPA) and its design methodologies. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted using meta- and content-based perspectives. Findings From over 6,000 candidate studies, 89 were selected. A fifth of these primary works corresponded to BPA design methodologies. Though the BPA research field remains in an early stage of development, it bears promising growth potential. Regarding BPA design methodologies, the following aspects susceptible for further research were detected: identification and modeling of business process relationships; specification of inputs; standardization of models, notations and tool support; consideration of managerial concerns; integration of knowledge from other areas; and validation of methodological and product quality aspects. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of the work lies in not being fully reproducible due to the fixed number of data sources and their digital nature, together with subjective decisions in work selection, data extraction and data analysis. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge no study has yet analyzed the BPA research field by means of an SLR. This study will benefit practitioners and research groups working on this topic by allowing them to get a rigorous overview of the BPA research field with an emphasis on available BPA design methodologies, and become aware of research gaps within the BPA field to position further research.

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Business process architecture design methodologies – a literature review

Gonzalez-Lopez

Bustos

2019

BPMJ

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“…Riva has been used in various areas, such as deriving software services for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) [13], semantic-based derivation of enterprise information architecture [14], business process change management [15], system of systems change management [16], and cancer care informatics [17], [18].…”

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ARivaT: A Tool for Automated Generation of Riva-Based Business Process Architecture Diagrams

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The Riva approach is used to develop an object-based Business Process Architecture (BPA) that helps in capturing the full organizational strategies. However, due to the lack of effective tools that can generate Riva BPA models from available artifacts, producing such models is time consuming non-automatic process and it requires an exhaustive manual validation to ensure the development of error-free models. This paper introduces a novel and domain-independent tool titled 'ARivaT' to automatically generate Riva BPA models from available knowledge assets such as Units of Work diagrams. ARivaT is underpinned by a step-by-step methodological approach that automates the process of generating Units of Work, First-Cut, and Second-Cut Process Architecture Diagrams. It also provides stakeholders with insightful explanations to allow a precise understanding of business processes and workflow. Furthermore, ARivaT employs a rule-based mechanism to seamlessly validate all the generated Riva BPA models. A case study-based approach has been followed to evaluate the applicability of ARivaT to derive Riva BPA diagrams. The results of our experiment are promising since 82 percent time saving has been recorded when using ARivaT to generate Riva BPA diagrams in comparison to using general drawing tools such as MS Word and MS Visio. In addition, 69 percent time saving has been noted when performing the same task with ARivaT as opposed to specialized tools such as Camunda.INDEX TERMS Riva, business process architecture, business process management, software requirements, automation, forward engineering.

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“…The CCR case study represents a real-world example for the KHCC in Jordan and has been assessed to be sufficient enough to carry out investigating the effectiveness of this framework [41]. This case study has been validated and improved by previous research attempts [3], [41], [42]. A traceability mechanism has been introduced to support tracing the CCR process elements for the service identification activities in this framework.…”

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A Metaheuristic Search Framework to Derive Cancer Care Services from Business Process Models

Aljawawdeh

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Simons

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2018 1st International Conference on Cancer Care Informatics (CCI)

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Cancer Care involves not only handling patients' medical or physical needs but also other services to facilitate patient needs which are underpinned by appropriate software systems that assist in patient care processes. The Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) model of computing has become widely adopted and can provide efficient and agile business solutions in the face of rapid changes to business requirements. Instead of adopting a more traditional way of building an IT system for Cancer Care by rigidly piecing together a collection of hardware, software and networking, SOA offers the opportunity to build the IT systems in an increasingly flexible and reconfigurable way. However, current service identification methods can suffer from shortcomings such as a lack of computational support, and not being able to address all the necessary activities of the service identification. To address these shortcomings, this paper presents a comprehensive metaheuristic search framework for deriving SOA-based services applied to Cancer Care business process models. This framework is evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative methods with the help of domain experts at King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC), Jordan. Evaluation by domain experts confirmed that the resulting services are feasible (i.e., valid services that can be practically applied for real-life projects) that the domain experts might not have arrived at manually. Statistical analysis shows candidate services produced by the search-based framework are superior to the services produced manually by domain experts at KHCC with respect to metrics for coupling and cohesion.

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Semantic derivation of Enterprise Information Architecture from Business Process Architecture

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Business process architecture design methodologies – a literature review

Business process architecture design methodologies – a literature review

ARivaT: A Tool for Automated Generation of Riva-Based Business Process Architecture Diagrams

A Metaheuristic Search Framework to Derive Cancer Care Services from Business Process Models

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