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BibliographySchumm, David; Karastoyanova, Dimka; Kopp, Oliver; Leymann, Frank; Sonntag, Mirko; Strauch, Steve: Process Fragment Libraries for Easier and Faster Development of Process-based Applications.
In: Journal of Systems Integration. Vol. 2(1).
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology.
pp. 39-55, english.
Online, January 31, 2011.
ISSN: 1804-2724.
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KeywordsProcess Fragment; Process Design; Reusability; Process Library.
Abstract

The term “process fragment” is recently gaining momentum in business process management research. We understand a process fragment as a connected and reusable process structure, which has relaxed completeness and consistency criteria compared to executable processes. We claim that process fragments allow for an easier and faster development of process-based applications. As evidence to this claim we present a process fragment concept and show a sample collection of concrete, real-world process fragments. We present advanced application scenarios for using such fragments in development of process-based applications. Process fragments are typically managed in a repository, forming a process fragment library. On top of a process fragment library from previous work, we discuss the potential impact of using process fragment libraries in cross-enterprise collaboration and application integration.

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Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems
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Entry dateJanuary 31, 2011
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