COHERENT MULTI-DIMENSIONAL BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL

• US 20090006150A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Prigge, Uta, Kaetker, Stefan, Freund, Jens
• Application Number:
  US11/771,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20090006150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management

Abstract

This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for processing a coherent multi-dimensional business process model. The software includes computer-readable instructions embodied on media and operable, when executed, to identify a first model and a second model for a business process. The computer-readable instructions are further operable, when executed, to transform at least a portion of the first model and at least a portion of the second model into a coherent multi-dimensional business process model. The computer-readable instructions are further operable, when executed, to present at least a subset of the coherent multi-dimensional business process model to a client.

Claims

1. Software for processing a coherent multi-dimensional business process model, the software comprising computer-readable instructions embodied on media and operable when executed to:

identify a first model and a second model for a business process;

transform at least a portion of the first model and at least a portion of the second model into a coherent multi-dimensional business process model; and

present at least a subset of the coherent multi-dimensional business process model to a client.

2. The software of claim 1, the first model comprising a business process variant flow model and the second model comprising a state action model.

3. The software of claim 2 further operable to enrich the business process variant flow model with inbound interactions and relevant business objects.

4. The software of claim 2 further operable to enrich the state action model with flagged actions and configuration links.

5. The software of claim 2, wherein the software operable to transform the business process variant flow model and the state action model comprises software operable to:

scan the business process variant flow model for one or more associated business objects;

scan the business process variant flow model for one or more associated status schemes; and

transform the state action model into an allowed model for each identified business object and ordered by the status scheme.

6. The software of claim 5 further operable to transform at least a portion of one or more business object flow models into the coherent multi-dimensional business process model.

7. The software of claim 6, wherein the software operable to transform the business process variant flow model, the state action model, and the one or more business object flow models further comprises software operable to scan each business object flow model for one or more trigger links.

8. The software of claim 7, each trigger link comprising one of manual, conditional automatic, and mandatory automatic.

9. The software of claim 7, wherein the software operable to transform the business process variant flow model, the state action model, and the one or more business object flow models further comprises software operable to identify at least one of an operation or an agent for the business process variant flow model based on one or more process component interaction models.

10. The software of claim 9 further operable to transform at least a portion of at least one of an inbound agent model or an outbound agent model into the coherent multi-dimensional business process model.

11. The software of claim 9 further operable to transform at least a portion of a task agent model into the coherent multi-dimensional business process model based, at least in part, on a start condition.

12. The software of claim 1 further operable to regenerate the coherent multi-dimensional business process model in response to the first model being changed.

13. A method for processing a coherent multi-dimensional business process model comprising:

identifying a first model and a second model for a business process;

transforming at least a portion of the first model and at least a portion of the second model into a coherent multi-dimensional business process model; and

presenting at least a subset of the coherent multi-dimensional business process model to a client.

14. The method of claim 13, the first model comprising an enriched business process variant flow model and the second model comprising an enriched state action model.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein transforming the business process variant flow model and the state action model comprises:

scanning the business process variant flow model for one or more associated business objects;

scanning the business process variant flow model for one or more associated status schemes; and

transforming the state action model into an allowed model for each identified business object and ordered by the status scheme.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising transforming at least a portion of one or more business object flow models into the coherent multi-dimensional business process model.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein transforming the business process variant flow model, the state action model, and the one or more business object flow models further comprises scanning each business object flow model for one or more trigger links.

18. The method of claim 17, each trigger link comprising one of manual, conditional automatic, and mandatory automatic.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein transforming the business process variant flow model, the state action model, and the one or more business object flow models further comprises identifying at least one of an operation or an agent for the business process variant flow model based on one or more process component interaction models.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising transform at least a portion of at least one of an inbound agent model or an outbound agent model into the coherent multi-dimensional business process model.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising transforming at least a portion of a task agent model into the coherent multi-dimensional business process model based, at least in part, on a start condition.

22. The method of claim 13 further comprising regenerating the coherent multi-dimensional business process model in response to the first model being changed.