Do process modelling techniques get better? A comparative ontological analysis of BPMN

ACIS 2005 Proceedings - 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Recker, Jan ^a   Indulska, Marta ^b   Rosemann, Michael ^a   Green, Peter ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

BPMN; Business process management; Business process modelling; BWW ontology

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BPMN; BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING; BUSINESS PROCESS MODELLING; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; ONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PROCESS MODELLING; STANDARD NOTATION; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84869105414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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