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An information system development method connecting business process modeling and its experimental evaluation
Author(s) -
Okawa Tsutomu,
Kaminishi Tsukasa,
Kojima Yoshiyuki,
Hirabayashi Syuichi,
Koizumi Hisao
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.20856
Subject(s) - business process model and notation , business process modeling , unified modeling language , business process management , business process , computer science , process modeling , artifact centric business process model , process (computing) , process management , business rule , business process discovery , software engineering , information system , systems engineering , engineering , work in process , operations management , operating system , software , electrical engineering
Business process modeling (BPM) is gaining attention as a measure for analysis and improvement of the business process. BPM analyzes the current business process as an As‐Is model and solves problems to improve the current business, and also aims to create a business process that produces value as a To‐Be model. However, research into techniques that connect the business process improvement acquired by BPM to the implementation of the information system seamlessly is rarely reported. If the business model obtained by BPM is converted to UML, and the implementation can be carried out by the technique of UML, one can expect an improvement in the efficiency of information system implementation. In this paper, we describe a method for system development that converts the process model obtained by BPM into UML. The method is evaluated by modeling a prototype of a parts procurement system. In the evaluation, a comparison with a case in which the system is implemented using the conventional UML techniques without BPM is performed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 169(4): 9–20, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley. com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20856