Paper Info
Title
Requirements Modeling Of Web Services-Based Business Processes
Abstract
Purpose This paper reviews existing business process (BP) modeling languages that are widely used in the industry as well as recent research work on modeling and analysis of BPs in the service-oriented environment and Internetware-based software paradigm. BPs in such environment are different from traditional BPs due to loose coupling of partner services, dynamic and on-the-fly selection of partners and run-time process adaptability. The unique characteristics of these BPs require formal modeling of the requirements and constraints in each phase of their life cycle, including design phase, implementation and deployment phase and execution phase. Design/methodology/approach The paper first provides a categorization of typical user requirements in each phase of the BP life cycle. Then a detailed comparison of the selected languages with respect to their requirement modeling and analysis capabilities in each of the identified categories is provided. The paper also discusses new requirements engineering research challenges arising from future software needs and emerging trends in software engineering in the context of Web-services-based BPs and Internetware. Findings There is a need to have a framework that provides support for user requirements modeling and analysis for all the phases of BP life cycle in an integrated manner. Such a framework would be useful not only in resolving the inconsistencies between requirements across phases but also in addressing the issues related to BP evolution due to changes in user requirements over time. Moreover, with the Internet of things (IoT) adoption in BPM, there is a need to have an integrated environment that provides support for capturing the resilience requirements of enterprise BPs as well as the mobility constraints of the underlying IoT devices. Originality/value This paper reviews existing BP modeling languages and frameworks and discusses the new requirements engineering research challenges arising from future software needs and the emerging trends in BP management in the service-oriented environment and Internetware-based software paradigm.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1108/BPMJ-08-2019-0322
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Business process, Web services, Requirements modeling
Journal
26
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6
1463-7154
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ayesha Afzal121.72
Basit Shafiq230726.33
Shafay Shamail39414.24
Nabil R. Adam41235325.39