On formalizing inter-process relationships

Authors

Tri A. Kurniawan, University of WollongongFollow
Aditya K. Ghose, University of WollongongFollow
Lam-Son Le, University of WollongongFollow
Hoa Khanh Dam, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

53024

Publication Details

Kurniawan, T. A., Ghose, A. K., Le, L., Dam, H. Khanh. (2012). On formalizing inter-process relationships. Business Process Management Workshops: BMP 2011 International Workshops, Revised Selected Paper, Part II (pp. 75-86). Berlin: Springer.

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.