Modeling and Using Context in Business Process Management: A Research Agenda

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See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate. net / publication / 315851175 Modeling Process : A Article DOI : 10 . 21494 / ISTE . OP . 2017 . 0130 CITATIONS 0 READS 30 4 : Some : Prescriptive ATHENAS : Uma Alinhamento . View Flávia Universidade 198 SEE Fernanda Universidade 159 SEE Kate Universidade 58 SEE Vanessa University 34 SEE All . The . All - text and , letting . ABSTRACT . Business Process Management (BPM) is the art and science of monitoring how the work is performed within an organization to ensure consistent results and opportunities for improvement . One important research topic on BPM relates to the issue of flexibility . Unplanned conditions may occur at any time during process execution . In dynamic environments , changes must be performed more frequently and systematically and considering not only pre - established rules , but also contextual information . The literature indicates context as a source of information that should be considered in the modeling of business processes in order to contribute to their flexibility when in the execution phase . In this paper , we present the results from our studies about context in the whole cycle of BPM . The goal is to describe an approach that comprises solutions for modeling , gathering , using and evolving context in a BPM oriented environment .