%0 Conference Paper %1 weber08process %A Weber, Barbara %A Reichert, Manfred %B Advanced Information Systems Engineering %D 2008 %K research.bizInt.bpm cites.pclass research.conceptual.graphs %P 124--139 %T Refactoring Process Models in Large Process Repositories %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69534-9_9 %X With the increasing adoption of process-aware information systems (PAIS), large process model repositories have emerged. Overtime respective models have to be re-aligned to the real-world business processes through customization or adaptation. Thisbears the risk that model redundancies are introduced and complexity is increased. If no continuous investment is made inkeeping models simple, changes are becoming increasingly costly and error-prone. Though refactoring techniques are widelyused in software engineering to address related problems, this does not yet constitute state-of-the art in business processmanagement. Process designers either have to refactor process models by hand or cannot apply respective techniques at all.This paper proposes a set of behaviour-preserving techniques for refactoring large process repositories. This enables processdesigners to effectively deal with model complexity by making process models better understandable and easier to maintain.

@inproceedings{weber08process, abstract = {With the increasing adoption of process-aware information systems (PAIS), large process model repositories have emerged. Overtime respective models have to be re-aligned to the real-world business processes through customization or adaptation. Thisbears the risk that model redundancies are introduced and complexity is increased. If no continuous investment is made inkeeping models simple, changes are becoming increasingly costly and error-prone. Though refactoring techniques are widelyused in software engineering to address related problems, this does not yet constitute state-of-the art in business processmanagement. Process designers either have to refactor process models by hand or cannot apply respective techniques at all.This paper proposes a set of behaviour-preserving techniques for refactoring large process repositories. This enables processdesigners to effectively deal with model complexity by making process models better understandable and easier to maintain.}, added-at = {2009-06-25T16:50:56.000+0200}, author = {Weber, Barbara and Reichert, Manfred}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c0e61976b5513dcaab3ca132db810123/msn}, booktitle = {Advanced Information Systems Engineering}, description = {SpringerLink - Book Chapter}, file = {weber08process.pdf:papers\\caise\\weber08process.pdf:PDF}, interhash = {2141c2474e0405ad5f76029c22ff1fe0}, intrahash = {c0e61976b5513dcaab3ca132db810123}, keywords = {research.bizInt.bpm cites.pclass research.conceptual.graphs}, pages = {124--139}, timestamp = {2009-06-25T16:50:56.000+0200}, title = {Refactoring Process Models in Large Process Repositories}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69534-9_9}, year = 2008 }