Little is known about error probability in enterprise models
as they are usually kept private. The SAP reference model is a publically
available model that contains more than 600 non-trivial process models
expressed in terms of Event-driven Process Chains (EPCs). We have
automatically translated these EPCs into YAWL models and analyzed
these models using WofYAWL, a verification tool based on Petri nets, in
order to acquire knowledge about errors in large enterprise models. We
discovered that at least 34 of these EPCs contain errors (i.e., at least
5.6% is flawed) and analyzed which parts of the SAP reference model
contain most errors. This systematic analysis of the SAP reference model
illustrates the need for verification tools such as WofYAWL.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 mendling06sap
%A Mendling, Jan
%A Moser, Michael
%A Neumann, Gustaf
%A Verbeek, H. M. W.
%A van Dongen, Boudewijn F.
%A van der Aalst, Wil M. P.
%B Business Process Management
%D 2006
%E Dustdar, Schahram
%E Fiadeiro, José Luiz
%E Sheth, Amit P.
%I Springer
%K cites.pclass research.bizInt.bpm research.conceptual
%P 451-457
%T Faulty EPCs in the SAP Reference Model.
%U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/bpm/bpm2006.html#MendlingMNVDA06
%V 4102
%X Little is known about error probability in enterprise models
as they are usually kept private. The SAP reference model is a publically
available model that contains more than 600 non-trivial process models
expressed in terms of Event-driven Process Chains (EPCs). We have
automatically translated these EPCs into YAWL models and analyzed
these models using WofYAWL, a verification tool based on Petri nets, in
order to acquire knowledge about errors in large enterprise models. We
discovered that at least 34 of these EPCs contain errors (i.e., at least
5.6% is flawed) and analyzed which parts of the SAP reference model
contain most errors. This systematic analysis of the SAP reference model
illustrates the need for verification tools such as WofYAWL.
%@ 3-540-38901-6
@inproceedings{mendling06sap,
abstract = {Little is known about error probability in enterprise models
as they are usually kept private. The SAP reference model is a publically
available model that contains more than 600 non-trivial process models
expressed in terms of Event-driven Process Chains (EPCs). We have
automatically translated these EPCs into YAWL models and analyzed
these models using WofYAWL, a verification tool based on Petri nets, in
order to acquire knowledge about errors in large enterprise models. We
discovered that at least 34 of these EPCs contain errors (i.e., at least
5.6% is flawed) and analyzed which parts of the SAP reference model
contain most errors. This systematic analysis of the SAP reference model
illustrates the need for verification tools such as WofYAWL.},
added-at = {2008-08-31T16:40:16.000+0200},
author = {Mendling, Jan and Moser, Michael and Neumann, Gustaf and Verbeek, H. M. W. and van Dongen, Boudewijn F. and van der Aalst, Wil M. P.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/215320991f4e894dcff5180c13669a73d/msn},
booktitle = {Business Process Management},
crossref = {conf/bpm/2006},
date = {2006-12-04},
description = {dblp},
editor = {Dustdar, Schahram and Fiadeiro, José Luiz and Sheth, Amit P.},
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isbn = {3-540-38901-6},
keywords = {cites.pclass research.bizInt.bpm research.conceptual},
pages = {451-457},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
timestamp = {2009-06-25T15:59:29.000+0200},
title = {Faulty EPCs in the SAP Reference Model.},
url = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/bpm/bpm2006.html#MendlingMNVDA06},
volume = 4102,
year = 2006
}