Theoretical and Conceptual Approach for Evaluation Business Process Modelling Languages

Theoretical and Conceptual Approach for Evaluation Business Process Modelling Languages
Mohsen Mohammadi, Muriati Bt. Mukhtar

Theoretical and Conceptual Approach for Evaluation Business Process
Modelling Languages
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Mohsen Mohammadi, 2Muriati Bt. Mukhtar
Information Science and technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi,
43600, Malaysia, E-mail:[e-mail]
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Information Science and technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, 43600,
Malaysia, E-mail:[e-mail]

1 Corresponding

Abstract
Business process modeling is crucial to the improvement and integration of business objectives. As a result, several business process modeling techniques have been proposed and evolved over time while selecting an appropriate modeling technique is a challenging task and requires to study on the evaluation and comparison of business process modeling languages (BPMLs). This paper is based on previous works carried out regarding the evaluation of BPMLs. It concentrates on consolidating existing literature instead of improving or modifying modeling techniques evaluation by utilizing the two most commonly used evaluation methods namely the representational theory based on BWW ontology and Curtis et al.’s framework. The focus of this study is based on eight modeling techniques including Petri nets, IDEF, EPC, UML, BPMN, WS-BPEL, and ebXML as the most popular modeling languages which have been widely applied in industrial and enterprise modeling. The purpose of this paper is sought the most applicable modeling techniques based on the aforementioned evaluation methods considered. The finding implies that the combination of three techniques -IDEF, UML, and
BPMN- led to the maximum coverage based on BWW ontological completeness and Curtis et al.’s framework that would inspire rapid design and more flexibility in business process modeling.

Keywords: Business Process Modeling, Process Modeling Languages (BPMLs), BWW Ontology,

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