Unity criteria for business process modelling : A theoretical argumentation for a software engineering recurrent problem

Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 155-164

  Gonźlez, Arturo ^a   España, Sergio ^a   Pastor, Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business process modelling; Communication Analysis; Encapsulation; Enterprise information systems; Methodological guidelines; Modularity; Unity criteria

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS MODELLING; COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS; ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METHODOLOGICAL GUIDELINES; MODULARITY; UNITY CRITERIA;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERING; INFORMATION THEORY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349463094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RCIS.2009.5089279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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