Open AccessAnalysing Variability Management in BPM and SPL: A Knowledge Mapping
Author(s) -
George Valença,
Carina Alves,
Vander Alves
Publication year - 2013
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5753/sbsi.2013.5747
Subject(s) - business process management , business process modeling , computer science , business process , process (computing) , process management , position paper , knowledge management , work in process , engineering , operations management , world wide web , operating system
New government regulations, business volatility and changes on stakeholders needs are examples of process change inductors. This dynamic scenario promotes a phenomenon called business process variability. This is an emergent topic in Business Process Management (BPM) that uses Software Product Line (SPL) theoretical basis to investigate the variability of process models. This paper explores the adoption of variability concepts and theories by the BPM community, with a mapping to analyse how the variability body of knowledge has been used from SPL to the BPM field. In addition, we position current research challenges within business process variability, and discuss how concepts and theories from SPL could be used to treat these questions.