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Title | ||
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Deriving use cases from business processes: a goal-oriented transformational approach. |
Abstract | ||
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Many software systems are being developed to help with business processes, which typically involve a number of (human) tasks in achieving organizational goals. However, aligning a software system well with its intended business process has been challenging, since the tasks in a business process usually lacks formal definitions and can be performed via multiple different allocations of resources. In this paper, we propose a goal-oriented transformational approach to deriving use cases, as requirements on the software system, from a business process which is modeled in BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation). In this approach, a business process is modeled not only in terms of the functionally-oriented BPMN but also non-functional business goals, and the target software requirements are also modeled in terms of functionally-oriented use cases together with non-functional requirements. Those tasks to be performed by a software system are transformed into use cases, in consideration of multiple alternative interpretations of business tasks, different allocations of software functionality and the granularity of the target requirements guided via similarity and granularity. Additionally, an intermediate model is utilized in the 2-step transformation process to deal with the ontological gap and the many-to-many relationships between the source and the target. This process is facilitated by context-aware transformation rules and a supporting tool. A study of a quote flow business process shows that our goal-oriented transformational approach helps produce more cohesive, correct and comprehensive use cases. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2017 | 10.1145/3019612.3019789 | SAC |
Field | DocType | Citations |
Artifact-centric business process model,Business process management,Business process,Computer science,Business requirements,Business process modeling,Business process discovery,Business Process Model and Notation,Business rule,Process management | Conference | 2 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.44 | 8 | 6 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Park | 1 | 74 | 6.14 |
| Fadoua Fellir | 2 | 6 | 2.20 |
| Jang-Eui Hong | 3 | 126 | 20.81 |
| José Luis Garrido | 4 | 81 | 16.99 |
| Manuel Noguera | 5 | 196 | 32.94 |
| Lawrence Chung | 6 | 236 | 36.31 |