http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/23197 2026-07-21T13:28:57Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/23210 Process flexibility: A design view and specification schema Kannengiesser, Udo Mendling, Jan; Rinderle-Ma, Stefanie; Esswein, Werner This paper proposes a framework of process flexibility based on a view of processes as design objects. It is represented using the function-behaviourstructure (FBS) ontology of designing. The paper shows how the FBS ontology allows extending and generalising recent work on flexibility in engineering design, and how it allows applying this work to processes. The resulting framework provides a comprehensive account of process flexibility that subsumes existing approaches. Finally, the paper presents a specification schema for process flexibility, illustrated using examples of a property valuation process in the Australian lending industry. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/23209 Controlled flexibility and lifecycle management of business processes through extensibility Balko, Sören; Hofstede, Arthur H. M. ter; Barros, Alistair; Rosa, Marcello La; Adams, Michael Mendling, Jan; Rinderle-Ma, Stefanie; Esswein, Werner Vendors provide reference process models as consolidated, off-the-shelf solutions to capture best practices in a given industry domain. Customers can then adapt these models to suit their specific requirements. Traditional process flexibility approaches facilitate this operation, but do not fully address it as they do not sufficiently take controlled change guided by vendors' reference models into account. This tension between the customer's freedom of adapting reference models, and the ability to incorporate with relatively low effort vendorinitiated reference model changes, thus needs to be carefully balanced. This paper introduces process extensibility as a new paradigm for customizing reference pro- cesses and managing their evolution over time. Process extensibility mandates a clear recognition of the different responsibilities and interests of reference model vendors and consumers, and is concerned with keeping the effort of customer- side reference model adaptations low while allowing sufficient room for model change. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/23208 From process to simulation - A transformation model approach Kloos, Oliver; Nissen, Volker; Petsch, Mathias Mendling, Jan; Rinderle-Ma, Stefanie; Esswein, Werner Process models are frequently used to visualise, analyse and control the flow of work in business processes. In principle, the information contained in process models could be used to simulate and optimise business processes with the help of simulation software. However, business process models are created for other purposes than simulation and, therefore, normally do not contain enough information to directly execute simulation studies using them. A process model first has to be converted to a simulation model which holds different information necessary for the simulation. In this paper, a transformation approach is presented which can be used to convert process models based on the event-driven process chain (EPC) notation to different simulation software systems. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/23206 Application landscape metrics: overview, classification, and practical usage Addicks, Jan Stefan; Gringel, Philipp Mendling, Jan; Rinderle-Ma, Stefanie; Esswein, Werner Due to mergers and acquisitions as well as uncoordinated projects, application landscapes of today's organizations contain redundant applications (two or more applications that have similar functionality). To consolidate the application landscape, comparisons of applications have to be performed. Application landscape metrics are seen as an appropriate instrument for such comparisons. This contribution describes a method as well as a template to classify landscape metrics. In presenting a tool prototype, we provide a first glance of how to practically employ application landscape metrics. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z