Open AccessVerifying Existence and Composition of Workflow Activity Patterns in Real Process Models
Author(s) -
Carolina Ming Chiao,
Lucinéia Heloisa Thom,
Cirano Iochpe,
Manfred Reichert
Publication year - 2008
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5753/sbsi.2008.5926
Subject(s) - computer science , workflow , business process , suite , normalization (sociology) , business process modeling , process modeling , process (computing) , data mining , database , programming language , work in process , engineering , operations management , archaeology , sociology , anthropology , history
In this paper we present a collection of high level workflow activity patterns based on the semantic of specific business functions (e.g., notification, task execution request, approval). In particular we discuss three pattern samples (approval, unidirectional and decision patterns). Moreover we gather the results of an analysis of their adoption on a wide set of real process models. The analyses showed that the patterns are not only enough but also necessary to model all the 190 process models which were subject of the investigation. We also show and discuss specific sequences or combination ofactivity patterns which were more often in the process models analyzed. In larger research we apply these patterns as well as the analyses results in the development of a suite for process modeling and normalization.