Intention Driven Business Process Modeling

• US 20100004964A1
• Filed: 07/07/2008
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Heidasch, Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/168,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20100004964A1
• 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 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals

Abstract

An intention-driven business process modeling system and method are presented. User input is received defining one or more actions related to a real business process. The one or more actions are combined in a logical group to create an intention model, the intention model including business-specific actions to be performed according to the logical group. An application programming interface is defined for each business-specific action. An event model is then defined to generate an event handler to interface with the application programming interface of each business-specific action to execute each action of the intention model.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving user input to define one or more actions related to a real business process;

combining the one or more actions in a logical group to create an intention model, the intention model including business-specific actions to be performed according to the logical group;

defining an application programming interface for each business-specific action; and

defining an event model to generate an event handler to interface with the application programming interface of each business-specific action to execute each action of the intention model.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein each business-specific action is implemented as a service

3. The method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the service is a Web service.

4. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the intention model defines an intention, and wherein the intention is identified by an intention ID.

5. The method in accordance with claim 4, wherein each business-specific action is identified by an action ID and an intention ID of an intention in which the business-specific action is associated.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving user input to define one or more actions related to a real business process;

combining the one or more actions in a logical group;

creating an intention model, the intention model including business-specific actions to be performed according to the logical group;

defining an application programming interface for each business-specific action; and

defining an event model to generate an event handler to interface with the application programming interface of each business-specific action to execute each action of the intention model.

7. The method in accordance with claim 6, wherein each business-specific action is implemented as a service

8. The method in accordance with claim 7, wherein the service is a Web service.

9. The method in accordance with claim 6, wherein the intention model defines an intention, and wherein the intention is identified by an intention ID.

10. The method in accordance with claim 9, wherein each business-specific action is identified by an action ID and an intention ID of an intention in which the business-specific action is associated.

11. An enterprise processing system comprising:

a business process modeler running in a server system and configured to receiving user input over a network, the user input to define one or more actions related to a real business process, the business process modeler being configured to combine the one or more actions in a logical group to create an intention model, the intention model including business-specific actions to be performed according to the logical group;

an application programming interface defined for each business-specific action; and

an event handler generated by an event model to interface with the application programming interface of each business-specific action to execute each action of the intention model.

12. The system in accordance with claim 11, wherein each business-specific action is implemented as a service

13. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the service is a Web service.

14. The system in accordance with claim 11, wherein the intention model defines an intention, and wherein the intention is identified by an intention ID.

15. The system in accordance with claim 14, wherein each business specific action is identified by an action ID and an intention ID of an intention in which the business-specific action is associated.