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Business Process Model Abstraction

In: Handbook on Business Process Management 1

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  • Artem Polyvyanyy

    (Queensland University of Technology)

  • Sergey Smirnov

    (University of Potsdam)

  • Mathias Weske

    (University of Potsdam)

Abstract

In order to execute, study, or improve operational processes, companies document them as business process models. Often, business process analysts capture every single exception handling or alternative task handling scenario within a model. Such a tendency results in large process specifications. The core process logic becomes hidden in numerous modeling constructs. To fulfill different tasks, companies develop several model variants of the same business process at different abstraction levels. Afterwards, maintenance of such model groups involves a lot of synchronization effort and is erroneous. We propose an abstraction methodology that allows generalization of process models. Business process model abstraction assumes a detailed model of a process to be available and derives coarse-grained models from it. The task of abstraction is to tell significant model elements from insignificant ones and to reduce the latter. We propose to learn insignificant process elements from supplementary model information, e.g., task execution time or frequency of task occurrence. Finally, we discuss a mechanism for user control of the model abstraction level – an abstraction slider.

Suggested Citation

  • Artem Polyvyanyy & Sergey Smirnov & Mathias Weske, 2015. "Business Process Model Abstraction," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Jan vom Brocke & Michael Rosemann (ed.), Handbook on Business Process Management 1, edition 2, pages 147-165, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-642-45100-3_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45100-3_7
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