Bringing enterprise business processes into information system products

Abstract

We propose here that enterprise business processes need to be mapped to information systems. Therefore, an information system deliverable is an integration of Enterprise information, Enterprise business rules, and Enterprise processes. Since the process model is built on top of business rules, we propose a uniform representation system that shall explicitly bring out process logic as well as rule logic. As a result, we shall obtain a hierarchy that shall allow smooth movement between process and rule logic. Conceptually, this implies that we shall treat rules as atomic processes. We instantiate the generic method model with concepts of the IS deliverable and thereby represent rule and process logic as dependency graphs. We exemplify our representation with the ATM bank example and show a verification step to ensure that enterprise process needs are indeed met. © 2008 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.