TY - GEN
T1 - Blockchain for Business Process Enactment
T2 - Blockchain Forum, the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Forum, and the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Forum, held as part of the 20th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2022
AU - Stiehle, Fabian
AU - Weber, Ingo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Blockchain has been proposed to facilitate the enactment of interorganisational business processes. For such processes, blockchain can guarantee the enforcement of rules and the integrity of execution traces—without the need for a centralised trusted party. However, the enactment of interorganisational processes pose manifold challenges. In this work, we ask what answers the research field offers in response to those challenges. To do so, we conduct a systematic literature review (SLR). As our guiding question, we investigate the guarantees and capabilities of blockchain-based enactment approaches. Based on this SLR, we develop a taxonomy for blockchain-based enactment. We find that a wide range of approaches support traceability and correctness; however, research focusing on flexibility and scalability remains nascent. For all challenges, we point towards future research opportunities.
AB - Blockchain has been proposed to facilitate the enactment of interorganisational business processes. For such processes, blockchain can guarantee the enforcement of rules and the integrity of execution traces—without the need for a centralised trusted party. However, the enactment of interorganisational processes pose manifold challenges. In this work, we ask what answers the research field offers in response to those challenges. To do so, we conduct a systematic literature review (SLR). As our guiding question, we investigate the guarantees and capabilities of blockchain-based enactment approaches. Based on this SLR, we develop a taxonomy for blockchain-based enactment. We find that a wide range of approaches support traceability and correctness; however, research focusing on flexibility and scalability remains nascent. For all challenges, we point towards future research opportunities.
KW - Blockchain
KW - Business process enactment
KW - Business process execution
KW - Interorganisational processes
KW - SLR
KW - Taxonomy
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85138787429
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-16168-1_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-16168-1_1
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85138787429
SN - 9783031161674
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 5
EP - 20
BT - Business Process Management
A2 - Marrella, Andrea
A2 - Matulevičius, Raimundas
A2 - Gabryelczyk, Renata
A2 - Axmann, Bernhard
A2 - Bosilj Vukšić, Vesna
A2 - Gaaloul, Walid
A2 - Indihar Štemberger, Mojca
A2 - Kő, Andrea
A2 - Lu, Qinghua
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 11 September 2022 through 16 September 2022
ER -