Stefan Junginger

Ein Geschäftsprozessmanagement- Werkzeug der nächsten Generation - ADONIS: Konzeption und Anwendungen

At present, state-of-the-art business process management tools usually offer hard-coded methods, that are only partially adaptable. Tools based on metamodeling concepts are bere named next-generation tools, The paper describes the potential of these tools by taking ADONIS as an exam ple. Based on the explanation of the ADONIS concepts three application areas and its corresponding methods are presented: The integrated management of products and busi ness processes, the development of workflow applications and the model-based configura tion of standard software.

Introduction to Business Process Management Systems Concepts

Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) are expected to meet the requirements of new designed business applications by supporting different frameworks which enable the modelling of current and anticipating future business application needs, integrating the existing and the new information technology enterprise environment, and providing a continuous performance method for assessment and improvement of the running business.

Enterprise Model Integration

Due to rapid changing business requirements the complexity in developing enterprise-spanning applications is continually growing. A vital field of delivering technical concepts and technologies for integrating heterogeneous applications and components to support inter-organisational business processes is the area of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). A common characteristic of all EAI approaches is their focus on technical and runtime aspects of integration. From our project experiences in developing large B2B applications, it is necessary to integrate applications on the business and conceptual level as well. Because of the diversity of models and modelling languages for developing enterprise applications, we propose the Enterprise Model Integration (EMI) approach. In this paper we describe basic concepts of EMI, a pattern system for metamodel integration, and a case study applying EMI for developing B2B applications. The EMI approach is compatible with the MDA infrastructure and implemented within the meta model management tool ADONIS.

Automating Instructional Planning

In this chapter, the automation of instructional planning is discussed and defined as a special case of a generic planning task. A framework for constructing methodologies and a three-level model are presented to differentiate options for computer-based tools that support the Instructional Design, Development and Delivery (ID3) process. In addition, metrics are introduced as a systematic approach for supporting and automating instructional planning.

Metamodellierung im Geschäftsprozeßmanagement: Konzepte, Erfahrungen und Potentiale

Metamodellierungskonzepte wurden in den letzten Jahren vor allem im CASE-Bereich erarbeitet und in Werkzeuge umgesetzt. Gerade das Geschaftsprozesmanagement stellt demgegenuber einen fast noch reizvolleren Anwendungsbereich fur die Metamodellierung dar: Dort ist es besonders hilfreich, branchen-, unternehmens- oder aufgabenspezifisches Wissen bereits in den Modellierungstechniken selbst abzubilden. Zudem ist — im Unterschied zur IT-Ebene — gerade fur die fachliche Modellierung eine Standardisierung wenig sinnvoll und auch kaum zu erwarten. Das vorliegende Papier stellt dazu anhand des Werkzeuges ADONIS1 Metamodellierungskonzepte fur das Geschaftsprozesmanagement vor. Ausgehend von einer Einbettung der Metamodellierung in die Methodendefinition werden das Meta2-Modell (Metametamodell) von ADONIS und Mechanismen fur die Definition der Ablaufsemantik von Prozesmodellierungstechniken vorgestellt. Anschliesend werden Konzepte fur die Adaption von modellauswertenden Komponenten und deren Zusammenspiel mit den Metamodellierungskonzepten am Beispiel der Analyse- und der Simulationskomponente erklart. Das Papier schliest mit der Diskussion von praktischen Erfahrungen und einem Ausblick auf zukunftige Forschungsthemen.