Parent-child relation between process instances

Luise Pufahl, Mathias Weske

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Abstract

Business process management systems are well equipped to support the enactment of business processes. However, relations between process instances have not sufficiently been taken into account. To improve the execution of related process instances, batch activities have been introduced, which are based on jointly executing process activities. When analyzing real-world business processes, we encountered situations in which activities of specific process instances do not have to be executed at all. To conceptualize these situations, this paper introduces parent-child relationships between instances of a process. The approach is implemented in a cloud-based BPMS, and the technical contribution is embedded in a design methodology. A simulation shows that the cycle time and process execution costs can be significantly reduced by using parent-child relationships between process instances.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBusiness Process Management Forum - BPM Forum, 2016, Proceedings
EditorsOscar Pastor, Peter Loos, Marcello La Rosa
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages20-37
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783319454672
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 18 Sep 201622 Sep 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume260
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2016
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period18/09/1622/09/16

Keywords

  • BPMN
  • Parent-child
  • Redesign
  • Relations of process instances

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