Abstract
BPMN is the prevalent process modeling language and a lot of domain-specific BPMN extensions have evolved during the last couple of years. Due to the plenty of extensions and elements within BPMN, it is promising to consider complexity reduction mechanisms in order to provide appropriate, purpose-specific views on BPMN models. We therefore analyze capabilities of BPMN in regard of the definition of additional perspectives and diagrams in order to provide dedicated views on aspects of business processes (e.g., separate resource diagrams). As both BPMN and BPMN-defining MOF reveal shortcomings regarding to the definition of perspectives, we introduce a BPMN meta model extension in order to allow an integrated definition of new perspectives and their respective graphical elements. We further provide methodical guidance by conducting and customizing the BPMN extension method of Stroppi et al. (2011).
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Besides, BPMN generally struggles with the amount of rarely used notational elements [7].
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Generally, the concrete syntax of a concept in MOF-based languages is defined in separate tables containing a graphic and a textual description of its appearance.
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Again, it is important to notice that a BPMN Diagram refers to a specific instance of a BPMN diagram on level M1 (e.g., a collaboration diagram “Purchase”).
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The name value pair extension tag concept from MOF is not applied as it is a rather slender mechanism, which does not allow complex structures [18, p. 23].
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Due to the customization of the BPMN extension structure, we also face the issue of intermediate abstraction levels, as a new perspective provokes a revision of the presented meta model (cf. [21]).
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Of course, extension models with many considered concepts should be divided into separate packages in order the ensure model readability!.
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Please note, that the in-detail definition of BPMN DG is not within the scope of this research article due to its limited space of pages.
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Braun, R., Esswein, W. (2015). Towards Multi-perspective Modeling with BPMN. In: Aveiro, D., Pergl, R., Valenta, M. (eds) Advances in Enterprise Engineering IX. EEWC 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19297-0_5
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