Establishing an informed S-BPM community

Abstract

Modeling and executing business processes in a subject-oriented way can be considered as a paradigmatic shift in Business Process Modeling and Management. To be effective, traditional functional flow-oriented approaches have to be overlaid and superseded with patterns of actor interactions and the exchange of messages relevant for accomplishing tasks. However, subject-oriented Business Process Management (S-BPM) will only get substantial momentum once the mindset of organization designers and developers has started to change from thinking in terms of functions to thinking in terms of actor interaction. In this paper we propose an initiative designed to trigger that shift in a Community of Practice based on skillful education. In this way, revisiting traditional business process modeling and management can be coupled with experiencing alternatives effectively. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.