In the section: BPMN Ontological Metamodel:
Our Approach to Solve MOF Problems we explain how to solve problems about
the classical metamodel approach with the use of the Web Ontology Language
(OWL) and then, in the next section, we explain the steps followed to develop the
ontological metamodel. Finally, we highlight the future trends about our research
work and the conclusions.
Background
Since the 1990s, process management has gained more and more importance in
companies. Process management began to affirm with the business process reengineering
(BPR) theory (Hammer, 1990) that allows us to improve company
management thanks to the analysis and redefinition of the company??™s processes.
BPR theory does not give a structured approach to the introduction of the process
in the overall IS architecture but the process logic was in the mind of IT experts
that were free to implement them.
Starting from BPR, the evolution was workflow idea (proposed and supported by
Workflow Management Coalition [http://www.wfmc.org]), which is the automation
of some companies??™ processes where only people performed process steps.
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