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Modelling the Process of Process Execution: A Process Model-Driven Approach to Customising User Interfaces for Business Process Support Systems

verfasst von : Udo Kannengiesser, Richard Heininger, Tobias Gründer, Stefan Schedl

Erschienen in: Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper presents a process-driven approach for developing the user interfaces (UIs) of business process execution frontends. It allows customising the UIs to the needs of individual users and processes. The approach is based on viewing UI behaviour as a process that can be modelled and executed in the same way as the core process: as a sequence of steps, each of which is associated with a business object that describes the UI content in terms of the information displayed to the user. As both the UI process and the core process are run on the same business process engine, the two processes can interact smoothly using existing backend functionalities. The approach is demonstrated using a manufacturing scenario where shopfloor workers are provided with simple UIs on mobile devices to support the execution of a production process.

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Fußnoten
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This modelling decision is based on the fast response times required for the UI behaviour, which would not be reached with the current implementation of the Metasonic Suite if messaging was included.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Modelling the Process of Process Execution: A Process Model-Driven Approach to Customising User Interfaces for Business Process Support Systems
verfasst von
Udo Kannengiesser
Richard Heininger
Tobias Gründer
Stefan Schedl
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39429-9_3