Dealing with the complexity of business systems architecting

Autor:	F.P.M. Biemans, Wouter B. Teeuw, Marc M. Lankhorst, R.G. van de Wetering
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Business process discovery Business requirements Process management Computer Networks and Communications Hardware and Architecture Business rule Computer science Business process Artifact-centric business process model Business architecture Business system planning Business process modeling
Zdroj:	Systems Engineering. 4:118-133
ISSN:	1520-6858 1098-1241
DOI:	10.1002/sys.1010
Popis:	Engineers are trained to design systems such as bridges, computers, and aircraft in a well-structured manner. However, the design of business processes has not yet matured to this level. We argue that the complexity of business processes is the major cause. In this paper, we investigate the causes of this complexity, and provide heuristics to master this complexity. Business process “architecting,” the high-level, functional design of business processes, is more an art than a science. Consequently, experience is very important. The heuristics we provide are based on an analysis of the reasons why business process architecting is so complex as well as our experience resulting from the Testbed project, a cooperative project of industry and research organizations. We conclude by discussing some basic requirements for modeling concepts and methods. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Syst Eng 4: 118–133, 2001
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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