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Investigating Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering for Business Processes

Investigating Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering for Business Processes

Geert Poels, Ken Decreus, Ben Roelens, Monique Snoeck
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 24 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 37
ISSN: 1063-8016|EISSN: 1533-8010|EISBN13: 9781466631946|DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2013040103
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Poels, Geert, et al. "Investigating Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering for Business Processes." JDM vol.24, no.2 2013: pp.35-71. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdm.2013040103

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Poels, G., Decreus, K., Roelens, B., & Snoeck, M. (2013). Investigating Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering for Business Processes. Journal of Database Management (JDM), 24(2), 35-71. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdm.2013040103

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Poels, Geert, et al. "Investigating Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering for Business Processes," Journal of Database Management (JDM) 24, no.2: 35-71. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdm.2013040103

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Abstract

Business processes are designed to execute strategies that aim at achieving organisational goals. During the last decade, several methods have been proposed that prescribe the use of goal-oriented requirements engineering techniques for supporting different business process management activities, in particular business process modelling. The integration of goal modelling and business process modelling aims at increasing the alignment between business strategies and the processes with their supporting IT systems. This new research area, which the authors call Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering for Business Processes (GORE-for-BP), is developing rapidly, but without a clear conceptualization of the focus and scope of the proposed GORE-for-BP methods. Furthermore, an overview is lacking of which methods exist and what their level of maturity is. This paper therefore presents a research review of the GORE-for-BP area, with the aim of identifying relevant methods and assessing their focus, scope, and maturity. This study used Systematic Literature Review and Method Meta-Modelling as research methods to identify and evaluate the state of the GORE-for-BP research area and to propose a research agenda for directing future research in the area. Nineteen methods were identified, which is an indication of an active research area. Although some similarities were found with respect to how goal models are transformed into business process models (or vice-versa), there is also considerable divergence in modelling languages used and the extent of coverage of typical requirements engineering and business process management lifecycle phases. Furthermore, the exploitation of requirements engineering techniques in the full business process management lifecycle is currently under researched. Also, the maturity of the methods found in terms of the formalisation of the transformation activity, the elaboration of method guidelines, and the extent to which methods are validated, can be further improved.

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