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1. Amin Jalali
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Department of Computer and Systems Sciences,
Stockholm University, Sweden
PhD dissertation
19 December 2016
Supervisor:
Professor Paul Johannesson
Opponent:
Professor Flávia Santoro, University of Rio de Janeiro
Grading Committee:
Professor Marlon Dumas, University of Tartu
Professor Mihhail Matskin, KTH
Professor Louise Yngström, DSV, SU

2. Business Processes
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http://www.banking.newstipstricks.com/Adopted from http://www.thrombocyte.com/

3. Business Process Models
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Process
Models
Understandab
ility
Transparency
Analysis
Improvement
Reengineering
Management

4. Modeling Paradigms
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Level of flexibility
Levelofsupport
Im
perative
M
odels
Declarative
M
odels
rigid processes Flexible processes
partly flexible &
partly rigid
Hybrid Models

5. Data-based
analysis
Model-based
analysis
BPM Lifecycle
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(Re)design
Implement /
configure
Runandadjust

6. Problem
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Managing these concerns are difficult!

7. Research Questions
 How should the separation of cross-cutting concerns
be supported in Business Process Management?
 Imperative Models *
 Declarative Models
 Hybrid Models
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Research Questions
Imperative
Design Analysis Enactment Assessment Agility
Declarative Hybrid Mining
(Re)design
Implement /
configure
Data-based
analysis
Runandadjust
Model-based
analysis

8. Separation of Concerns
 How about process models?
 Perspectives
 Modularization
 Level of details
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M
D|N
M
E

9. Modularization Techniques
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a) No decomposition b) Vertical decomposition
c) Horizontal decomposition d) Orthogonal decomposition
Rules
Scattering Problem Scattering/Tangling Problem
Tangling Problem

10. Aspect Oriented BPM
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Auditing
Privacy
Internet Transfer Money
M2M Transfer Money
Security
Cross-cutting
concerns:
Core-Concerns:
BusinessProcesses
Branch Transfer Money
ATM Transfer Money
Archiving
MMMM
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Cross-cutting Concerns
(advices)
Core Concern
(main process)
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Rules
(pointcuts)
AspectOriented
BusinessProcessModel
Rules
 Obliviousness
In Program P whenever condition C arises perform Action A
Quantification Action
(Filman et al. 2000)

11. Methodology
Artefacts
Constructs
Models
Methods
Instantiations
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 Design Science
 Artefacts
 Design Science Research Framework
2. Suggestion
3. Development
4.Evaluation
5. Conclusion
1.Awarenessofproblem
M
D|N|E

12. Result-Artefact
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2. Suggestion
3. Development
5. Conclusion
1.Awarenessofproblem
4.Evaluation
(Re)design
Implement /
configure
Run and
adjust
BPM Life-
cycle
Databased
Analysis
M
odelbased
Aanlysis
Imperative Declarative Hybrid
M
odelbased
Aanlysis
Implement /
configure
Databased
Analysis
(Re)design
Run
and
adjust
Research Questions
Imperative
Declarati
ve
Hybrid Mining
Design Analysis
Enactm
ent
Assessme
nt
Agility
Artefacts
Constructs
Models
Methods
Instantiations
M
D|N|E
M
D|N
M
D|N

13. Traditional Models
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14. AO-BPM
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 Separation of Concerns
 Complexity
 Reusability
 Agility
 …

15. Future directions
 Practical Applications and experiences
 Declarative & Hybrid
 Mining
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16. Thank you
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