Towards Flexible and Efficient Process and Workflow Support in Enterprise Modeling (bibtex)
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},
}
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