Perspectives to process modeling

Abstract

An important area of BPM is the modeling of processes. Processes modeling is done for a number of reasons in relation to BPM, and this chapter will describe main approaches to different types of process modeling. Modeling approaches will be structured according to the main modeling perspective being used. In conceptual modeling in general, one can identify 8 modeling perspectives; behavioral, functional, structural, goal-oriented, object-oriented, language action, organizational and geographical. In this chapter, we will present examples of process modeling according to these different perspectives, and discuss what perspectives are most appropriate to use to achieve the different goals of modeling. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.