Value-adding business process modelling :determining the suitability of a business process modelling technique for a given application

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organizations formally define and document their business processes in order to properlyunderstand them and to subsequently enable their continuous development, improvement andmanagement. In order to formally define and document their business processes, organizations canuse Business Process Modelling, which represents the design of graphical models that portray thebusiness processes of organizations.It is however noted that it is difficult to select a suitable Business Process Modelling Technique insupport of a specific application of Business Process Modelling. This is due to the considerableamount of existing Business Process Modelling Techniques, the inherent impact of their varyingcapabilities and the lack of formal measures that are available to support evaluations regarding theirsuitability for specific modelling applications.It is therefore considered appropriate to execute a research study that is aimed at the developmentand validation of a measurement framework that can be used to evaluate the suitability of BusinessProcess Modelling Techniques for specific modelling applications.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University