CBR-BPR: A CASE-BASED REASONING TOOL FOR BUISNESS PROCESS REDESIGN

Farhi Marir, Selma Limam Mansar

2004

Abstract

This paper presents a new approach for business processes redesign (BPR). The approach uses case-based reasoning techniques to model past business redesign into a case or stories based on a developed BPR framework and best practices rules. The resulting case base of past failing or successful experiences will be used to support business process designer and practitioner in redesigning or improving existing business processes. This work came to address the limitation of most methodologies developed to support the application of BPR principles in providing clear guidance on deriving a process design threatening the success of BPR.

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Marir F. and Limam Mansar S. (2004). CBR-BPR: A CASE-BASED REASONING TOOL FOR BUISNESS PROCESS REDESIGN . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 363-368. DOI: 10.5220/0002639403630368


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@conference{iceis04,
author={Farhi Marir and Selma Limam Mansar},
title={CBR-BPR: A CASE-BASED REASONING TOOL FOR BUISNESS PROCESS REDESIGN},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={363-368},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002639403630368},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - CBR-BPR: A CASE-BASED REASONING TOOL FOR BUISNESS PROCESS REDESIGN
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Marir F.
AU - Limam Mansar S.
PY - 2004
SP - 363
EP - 368
DO - 10.5220/0002639403630368