Business process modeling : software engineering, analysis and applications

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Performability-Oriented Description and Analysis of Business Processes -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. BPM Backgound Concepts -- 2.1 BPM and Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) -- 2.2 Business Process Management Notation (BPMN) -- 2.3 Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) -- 3. Performability-Enabled BPMN (PyBPMN) -- 3.1 Metamodel Extension Process -- 3.2 BPMN Metamodel -- 3.3 PyBPMN Metamodel -- 4. PyBPMN-Based Performability Prediction of Business Processes -- 4.1 Performance Prediction -- 4.2 Reliability Prediction -- 4.3 Performability Prediction -- 5. Example Application -- Conclusions -- References -- Conceptualizing, Analyzing and Communicating the Business Model -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Business Model Concept and a Definition -- Conceptualizing the Business Model -- Which Parameters do we need to Understand? -- Analyzing the Business Model -- The Analytical Guideline -- Communicating the Business Model -- Good Advice on Conceptualizing, Analyzing and Communicating the Business Model -- 1. Describe the Strategy Platform -- 2. Create a Connecting Story of Value Creation -- 3. Focus on the Connections and the Interrelations -- 4. Be Explicit about the Organisation's Whereabouts in the Value Chain -- 5. Avoid Empty Expressions and Buzz-Words -- 6. Be aware that Transparency has Different Meanings -- 7. The Broad Information Channels have the Highest Influence on Transparency -- 8. Use the Spread in Consensus Estimates as a Measure of IR Success -- 9. Explain the Business Model as a Forward Oriented Statement -- 10. Establish Trust in the Communication through the use of Performance Measures -- Conclusion -- References -- Business Process Modeling and Automation with General and Domain Specific Languages -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction.