Relevant Literature
Business Processes for Business Communities
Modeling Languages, Methods, Tools
After a brief introduction to the topic of business process modeling, this book offers a quick-start into model-based business process engineering. After that,the foundations of the modeling languages used are conveyed. Meaningful examples are in the foreground – each of the underlying formalisms is treated only to the minimum extent needed. Next the Horus Method is described in detail. The book defines a sequence of activities that ultimately leads to the creation of a complete business process model. The Horus Method, incidentally, is not bound to the use of the Horus software tools. It can be used with other tools or, if necessary, be used even without tool support. Important application fields of business process engineering are described, the spectrum ranging from business process reengineering to the development and implementation of information systems.
The book concludes with an outlook on the future of business process engineering and highlights current research activities in the field.
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About the authors
- Dr. Frank Schoenthaler is managing partner and CEO of the PROMATIS group.
- Prof. Dr. Gottfried Vossen is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Muenster in Germany.
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis is Professor for Applied Informatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
- Thomas Karle manages the business applications division at PROMATIS software GmbH.
