MODELING WITH BPMN AND CHORDA: A TOP-DOWN, DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGY AND TOOL

Andrea Catalano, Matteo Magnani, Danilo Montesi

2009

Abstract

In this poster paper we present a methodology, named chorda, for the modeling of business processes with BPMN. Our methodology focuses on the peculiar features of this notation: its ability to illustrate different levels of abstraction, its support for both orchestration and choreography, and the representation of data flows. In particular, this last feature has been extended to allow a better mapping of real processes, where data often plays a fundamental role. To evaluate and tune the methodology, we have developed a tool supporting it.

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in Harvard Style

Catalano A., Magnani M. and Montesi D. (2009). MODELING WITH BPMN AND CHORDA: A TOP-DOWN, DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGY AND TOOL . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-86-9, pages 389-392. DOI: 10.5220/0002003603890392


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis09,
author={Andrea Catalano and Matteo Magnani and Danilo Montesi},
title={MODELING WITH BPMN AND CHORDA: A TOP-DOWN, DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGY AND TOOL},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2009},
pages={389-392},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002003603890392},
isbn={978-989-8111-86-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - MODELING WITH BPMN AND CHORDA: A TOP-DOWN, DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGY AND TOOL
SN - 978-989-8111-86-9
AU - Catalano A.
AU - Magnani M.
AU - Montesi D.
PY - 2009
SP - 389
EP - 392
DO - 10.5220/0002003603890392