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In this paper, a declarative foundation for process models is proposed. Three issues in process management and modeling are identified: business orientation, traceability, and flexibility. It is shown how these issues can be addressed by basing process models on business models, where a business model focuses on the transfer of value between agents. As a bridge between business models and process models, the notion of activity dependency model is introduced, which identifies, classifies, and relates activities needed for executing and coordinating value transfers.
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Andersson, B., Bergholtz, M., Edirisuriya, A., Ilayperuma, T., Johannesson, P. (2005). A Declarative Foundation of Process Models. In: Pastor, O., Falcão e Cunha, J. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering. CAiSE 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3520. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11431855_17
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