Relation of BPMN Choreography Modeling and Pi-Calculus
It could be asked this question: Communicating processes have an analogy to communicating programs. In the eighties there have been quite some publications about this, including Milners Pi calculus. So...
View ArticleThe role of Governance in BPMN Modeling
BPMN as a standard does define modeling elements and their relationships. Furthermore it defines execution semantics, as far as this is applicable. In itself this is not sufficient to achieve a...
View ArticleWhat can happen without model governance?
A blog entry titled “Model and Pasta” has inspired me to ask: What can happen without model governance? This may happen: The right means are used for the wrong purpose, and the result is a disaster. I...
View ArticleSyntactical Model Checking, Model Simulation, Verification and Governance
[ad#imagead] It is a trend to offer tooling that supports BPMN modeling together with model syntax checking and model simulation. For example see BPMN simulation and syntax checking in ARIS. Model...
View ArticleWhat is a Process? Procedure vs. Process
What is a Process? This discussion seems to be still ongoing, and I have my own take on this. In Procedure vs. Process it is discussed from the angle of if it is a sequence or order of action or not...
View ArticleThe Problem with Process Instances
If we look at executable processes, we will have process instances. A process instance obviously lives from the time, it is created, to the time it is terminated. During the lifetime of the process...
View ArticleProcess Instances and a Business Process Platform
If there is an architecture with a Business Process Platform, then there is the question, which role do the process instances play in such a system. The business processes are reflected by business...
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Answer to “Reframing the BPMN vs BPEL Debate”
Reframing the BPMN vs BPEL Debate poses some interesting questions. I took from it: Is BPM a business Discipline or software engineering? Whose responsibility is it to implement (automate) a business...
View ArticleCentral control and local flexibility
Why I am looking at these MDA papers? It is inevitable in big organizations, that there are central processes that are supported by every part of the organization. But at the same time it is desirable,...
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What’s new in BPMN 2.0 – continued
Elaborating more on what I said before about loosely coupled processes, I want to emphasize today, that the cut of the processes is of major importance – i.e. which parts are loosely coupled and which...
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