Towards an understanding of process model quality. Methodological considerations

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Recker, Jan ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business process modelling; Methodology; Model quality

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL; BUSINESS PROCESS MODELLING; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; EPISTEMOLOGICAL FOUNDATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL QUALITIES; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS MODELLING;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84870637849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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