Business Process Management (BPM) is rapidly evolving as an established discipline. There are a number of efforts underway to formalize the various aspects of BPM practice; creating a formal Body of Knowledge (BoK) is one such effort. Bodies of knowledge are artifacts that have a proven track record for accelerating the professionalization of various disciplines. In order for this to succeed in BPM, it is vital to involve the broader business process community and derive a BoK that has essential characteristics that addresses the discipline's needs. We argue for the necessity of a comprehensive BoK for the BPM domain, and present a core list of essential features to consider when developing a BoK based on preliminary empirical evidence. The paper identifies and critiques existing Bodies of Knowledge related to BPM, and firmly calls for an effort to develop a more accurate and sustainable BoK for BPM. An approach for this effort is presented with preliminary outcomes. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
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Bandara, W., Harmon, P., & Rosemann, M. (2011). Professionalizing business process management: Towards a body of knowledge for BPM. In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (Vol. 66 LNBIP, pp. 759–774). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20511-8_68
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