by Andreas Demuth, Markus Riedl-Ehrenleitner, Roland Kretschmer, Peter Hehenberger, Klaus Zeman, Alexander Egyed
Abstract:
In enterprise modeling, organizational structures as well as an enterprise processes and important artifacts (e.g., business knowledge stored in documents) are captured formally using different kinds of models. These models are not only used for documentation purposes, but they are also used to provide guidance for employees. For example, the models may impose rules on artifact access (i.e., who is allowed to view or manipulate certain artifacts) or they may define workflows for individual processes (e.g., which employees should perform which adaptation steps, and in which order). However, existing enterprise modeling approaches typically support only coarse-grained artifacts. For instance, only individual files can be associated with workflow tasks. Unfortunately, enterprise artifacts are typically of high complexity (e.g., spreadsheets contain millions of data cells). Therefore, it is not sufficient to provide employees only with information about the artifacts involved in a task, but it is necessary to provide more detailed information (e.g., which cells in a spreadsheet are relevant). In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to enterprise modeling that addresses the issue of too coarse-grained support for enterprise artifacts. Our approach relies on a generic knowledge-sharing platform, called DesignSpace, in which all aspects of an enterprise are integrated and stored at a fine level of granularity. The DesignSpace supports fine-grained representation of enterprise artifacts and their linking to tasks in defined workflows. Moreover, it enables automatic, efficient, and generic workflow support. First case studies suggest that the approach is feasible and provides significant improvements in terms of efficiency compared to state-of-the-practice enterprise modeling solutions.
Reference:
Towards Flexible and Efficient Process and Workflow Support in Enterprise Modeling (Andreas Demuth, Markus Riedl-Ehrenleitner, Roland Kretschmer, Peter Hehenberger, Klaus Zeman, Alexander Egyed), 2015.
Bibtex Entry:
@Workshop{DBLP:conf/caise/DemuthRKHZE15,
author = {Andreas Demuth and Markus Riedl-Ehrenleitner and Roland Kretschmer and Peter Hehenberger and Klaus Zeman and Alexander Egyed},
booktitle = {Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops (CAiSE), Stockholm, Sweden, 8-9 June},
title = {Towards Flexible and Efficient Process and Workflow Support in Enterprise Modeling},
year = {2015},
abstract = {In enterprise modeling, organizational structures as well as an enterprise
processes and important artifacts (e.g., business knowledge stored
in documents) are captured formally using different kinds of models.
These models are not only used for documentation purposes, but they
are also used to provide guidance for employees. For example, the
models may impose rules on artifact access (i.e., who is allowed
to view or manipulate certain artifacts) or they may define workflows
for individual processes (e.g., which employees should perform which
adaptation steps, and in which order). However, existing enterprise
modeling approaches typically support only coarse-grained artifacts.
For instance, only individual files can be associated with workflow
tasks. Unfortunately, enterprise artifacts are typically of high
complexity (e.g., spreadsheets contain millions of data cells). Therefore,
it is not sufficient to provide employees only with information about
the artifacts involved in a task, but it is necessary to provide
more detailed information (e.g., which cells in a spreadsheet are
relevant). In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to enterprise
modeling that addresses the issue of too coarse-grained support for
enterprise artifacts. Our approach relies on a generic knowledge-sharing
platform, called DesignSpace, in which all aspects of an enterprise
are integrated and stored at a fine level of granularity. The DesignSpace
supports fine-grained representation of enterprise artifacts and
their linking to tasks in defined workflows. Moreover, it enables
automatic, efficient, and generic workflow support. First case studies
suggest that the approach is feasible and provides significant improvements
in terms of efficiency compared to state-of-the-practice enterprise
modeling solutions.},
pages = {270--281},
bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, http://dblp.org},
biburl = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/rec/bib/conf/caise/DemuthRKHZE15},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-19243-7_26},
file = {:Workshops\\CAISE 2015 - Towards Flexible and Efficient Process and Workflow Support in Enterprise Modeling\\Towards Flexible and Efficient Process and Workflow Support in Enterprise Modeling-preprint.pdf:PDF},
keywords = {FWF P25513},
owner = {AK117794},
timestamp = {Wed, 27 May 2015 18:31:08 +0200},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19243-7_26},
}