BPMN for Disaster Response Processes

Abstract

The application of business process management (BPM) methods to disaster response management (DRM) is a frequently discussed issue. Although it is seen as very challenging the potential benefits of BPM-methods to increase effectivity and efficiency in planning and monitoring the several activities of disaster management and their related resources are promising. The use of a standard modelling language like Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is recommended because of its prevalence and maturity of available tools. However, the standard set of elements in BPMN is not comprehensible enough to take account of some special requirements of DRM like importance of place-related information or multiple different resources. The research in this paper presents a methodological extension of BPMN based on an ontology of critical DRM-interrelations used to enhance the BPMN meta-model.