Process Patterns: Reusable Design Artifacts for Business Process Models

Muhammad Ashad Kabir, Zhenchang Xing, Prakash Chandrasekaran, Shang Wei Lin

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    Abstract

    Graphical models for business processes are very large and cumbersome to build. Reusable process patterns can make this modeling task much easier. While using reusable components is a well-explored subject in software engineering, not much has been done in the context of business process modeling. In this paper, we will present an extension to Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), the standard notation for modeling business processes, in the form of reusable Process Patterns. We introduce a type system for these patterns and use it to define a valid embedding of a process pattern in a larger model. We also introduce the formal notations and show that business processes modeled using our extended notation can be translated to BPMN. We present a case study to demonstrate the applicability of the process pattern and further quantify its characteristics using a set of criteria. We also implement a modeling tool for users to model business process using process patterns.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE 41st Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2017
    EditorsClaudio Demartini, Thomas Conte, Motonori Nakamura, Chung-Horng Lung, Zhiyong Zhang, Kamrul Hasan, Sorel Reisman, Ling Liu, William Claycomb, Hiroki Takakura, Ji-Jiang Yang, Edmundo Tovar, Stelvio Cimato, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Toyokazu Akiyama
    PublisherIEEE Computer Society
    Pages714-721
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)9781538603673
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2017
    Event41st IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2017 - Torino, Italy
    Duration: 4 Jul 20178 Jul 2017

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference
    Volume1
    ISSN (Print)0730-3157

    Conference

    Conference41st IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2017
    Country/TerritoryItaly
    CityTorino
    Period4/07/178/07/17

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