Zhu, Xinwei, Recker, Jan C. ORCID: 0000-0002-2072-5792, Zhu, Guobin and Maria, Flávia
(2014).
Exploring location-dependency in process modeling.
Business Process Management Journal, 20 (6).
pp. 794-815.
Bingley:
Emerald.
ISSN 1463-7154
Abstract
Purpose — Context-awareness has emerged as an important principle in the design of flexible business processes. The goal of the research is to develop an approach to extend context-aware business process modeling toward location-awareness. The purpose of this paper is to identify and conceptualize location-dependencies in process modeling. Design/methodology/approach — This paper uses a pattern-based approach to identify location-dependency in process models. The authors design specifications for these patterns. The authors present illustrative examples and evaluate the identified patterns through a literature review of published process cases. Findings — This paper introduces location-awareness as a new perspective to extend context-awareness in BPM research, by introducing relevant location concepts such as location-awareness and location-dependencies. The authors identify five basic location-dependent control-flow patterns that can be captured in process models. And the authors identify location-dependencies in several existing case studies of business processes. Research limitations/implications — The authors focus exclusively on the control-flow perspective of process models. Further work needs to extend the research to address location-dependencies in process data or resources. Further empirical work is needed to explore determinants and consequences of the modeling of location-dependencies. Originality/value — As existing literature mostly focusses on the broad context of business process, location in process modeling still is treated as ``second class citizen'' in theory and in practice. This paper discusses the vital role of location-dependencies within business processes. The proposed five basic location-dependent control-flow patterns are novel and useful to explain location-dependency in business process models. They provide a conceptual basis for further exploration of location-awareness in the management of business processes.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-87595 | ||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1108/BPMJ-06-2013-0066 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Business Process Management Journal | ||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 794-815 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | October 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Emerald | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | Bingley | ||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1463-7154 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Information Systems > Chair for Information Systems and Systems Development | ||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects: | Data processing Computer science Management and auxiliary services |
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8759 |
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