METHOD FOR CREATING AND EXPRESSING RISK-EXTENDED BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS

摘要

A method and computer program product for extending a business process model. The method includes specifying first elements representing performance measures and objectives of a business process which may be compromised by risk events; specifying second elements representing contextual information describing circumstances which may be relevant to a failure mode of the process, said contextual information comprising a type and state of: resources to support the process, of jobs and artifacts that undergo the process; and, a type and state of environmental factors; specifying third elements representing errors which may occur during process execution; specifying fourth elements representing causal relationships among risk events related to the resources, activities, and said environmental factors that may influence process execution; and providing a set of metamodel extensions to a standard process modeling language that incorporate said specified first second third and fourth elements directly in the business process model.

主权项

1. A method for extending a business process model comprising:
specifying first elements representing performance measures and objectives of a business process which may be compromised by risk events; specifying second elements representing contextual information describing circumstances in which the business process is executed which may be relevant to a failure mode, said contextual information comprising at least a type and state of resources required to support the business process, a type and state of jobs and artifacts that undergo the business process; and, a type and state of any influential environmental factors; specifying third elements representing errors which may occur during process execution; specifying fourth elements representing causal relationships among risk events related to the resources, activities, and said environmental factors that may influence process execution; and, providing a set of metamodel extensions to a standard process modeling language that incorporate said specified first second third and fourth elements directly in the business process model.