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Business process management: a survey

Authors:

Wil M. P. Van Der Aalst,

Arthur H. M. Ter Hofstede,

Mathias WeskeAuthors Info & Claims

BPM'03: Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on Business process management

Pages 1 - 12

Published: 26 June 2003 Publication History

Abstract

Business Process Management (BPM) includes methods, techniques, and tools to support the design, enactment, management, and analysis of operational business processes. It can be considered as an extension of classical Workflow Management (WFM) systems and approaches. Although the practical relevance of BPM is undisputed, a clear definition of BPM and related acronyms such as BAM, BPA, and STP are missing. Moreover, a clear scientific foundation is missing. In this paper, we try to demystify the acronyms in this domain, describe the state-of-the-art technology, and argue that BPM could benefit from formal methods/languages (cf. Petri nets, process algebras, etc.).

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Business process management: a survey
1. Applied computing
  1. Enterprise computing
    1. Business process management
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management

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BPM'03: Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on Business process management

June 2003

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Editors:
Wil M. P. Van Der Aalst
Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Information and Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
,
Arthur Ter Hofstede
Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Information Technology Innovation, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
,
Mathias Weske
Potsdam University, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering, Potsdam, Germany

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