End-to-end business process solution creation
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1. A system for creating and managing a business process integration solution comprising:
- means for modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity;
means for modeling business operations of said entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, said business process element incorporating key performance indicators; and
data structures means for mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model, means for measuring business performance and comparing performance against said key performance indicators, wherein said business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing.
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Abstract
A system and method for creating and managing a business process integration solution comprises modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity; modeling business operations of the entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, and business commitment elements including incorporating key performance indicators; mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model; and, measuring business performance and comparing performance measurements against the key performance indicators. The business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing. A business level modeling language is further implemented for formally representing the business operations.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for creating and managing a business process integration solution comprising:
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means for modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity;
means for modeling business operations of said entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, said business process element incorporating key performance indicators; and
data structures means for mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model, means for measuring business performance and comparing performance against said key performance indicators, wherein said business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for creating and managing a business process integration solution comprising the steps of:
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a) modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity;
b) modeling business operations of said entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, and business commitment elements including incorporating key performance indicators;
c) mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model; and
,d) measuring business performance and comparing performance measurements against said key performance indicators, wherein said business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer storage device tangibly embodying a plurality of instructions for carrying out a method for creating and managing a business process integration solution, the method steps comprising:
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a) modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity;
b) modeling business operations of said entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, and business commitment elements including incorporating key performance indicators;
c) mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model; and
,d) measuring business performance and comparing performance measurements against said key performance indicators, wherein said business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing.
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