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In this paper, we propose an advanced business process modeling system, which is called a real-time cooperative swim-lane business process modeler, that enables several real actors/workers to cooperatively define a business process model in a real-time collaborative fashion. Through implementing the modeler, we are able to accomplish the goals – maximizing efficiency as well as involvement of real workers in the business process modeling activities. In the traditional approaches, the modeling work is done by a single designer who has to know all about the detailed and complex knowledge for business processes, such as relevant data, organizational data, roles, activities, application programs, scripts, etc. However, when we take into account the recent trend that a business process has become more complicated and large-scaled, it is hard to say that the approach is feasible, anymore. Therefore, we propose a more realistic approach that enables several real actors/workers to cooperatively define a business process at the same time.
The real-time cooperative swim-lane business process modeler is implemented by using Java programming language and EJB framework approach so as to be deployed on various heterogeneous platforms without any further technical consideration. And its major components might be EJB-based DB component, graphical swim-lane workflow modeler, organizational dependency analysis algorithm, organizations, relevant data, invoked applications, and repositories management components.
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Kim, KH., Lee, JH., Kim, CM. (2005). A Real-Time Cooperative Swim-Lane Business Process Modeler. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2005. ICCSA 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3480. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11424758_19
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