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On formalizing inter-process relationships

  • Tri A. Kurniawan*
  • , Aditya K. Ghose
  • , Lam Son Lê
  • , Hoa Khanh Dam
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Most medium to large organizations support large collections of process designs, often stored in business process repositories. These processes are often inter-dependent. Managing such large collections of processes is not a trivial task. We argue that formalizing and establishing inter-process relationships play a critical role in that task leading to a machinery approach in the process repository management. We consider and propose three kinds of such relationships, namely part-whole, inter-operation and generalization- specialization, including their formal definitions, permitting us to develop a machinery approach. Analysis of the relationships relies on the semantically effects annotated process model in BPMN. This paper presents a rigorous approach to assist the designer to establish inter-process relationships in a process repository.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBusiness Process Management Workshops - BPM 2011 International Workshops, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages75-86
Number of pages12
EditionPART 2
ISBN (Print)9783642281143
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event9th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2011P - Clermont-Ferrand, France
Duration: 29 Aug 201129 Aug 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
NumberPART 2
Volume100 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2011P
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityClermont-Ferrand
Period29/08/1129/08/11

Keywords

  • business process
  • process relationship
  • semantic effect annotation

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