The notion of business process revisited

Conference paper (2004)

Authors

J.L.G. Dietz Software Engineering - EEMCS
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Research Group
Software Engineering (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2004

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Software Technology

Research Group

Software Engineering

Abstract

The notion of business process is becoming increasingly important in all business and information/communication technology related disciplines, and therefore gets a lot of attention. Consequently, there is a variety of definitions as well as a variety in preciseness of definition. The research reported in this paper aims at clarifying the different understandings and unifying them in a common conceptual framework. Three fundamental questions concerning business processes are investigated: about the difference between business process and information process, about the distinction between the deep structure and the surface structure of a business process, and about the difference between system and process. These questions are discussed within the framework of the -theory and the DEMO methodology.