[...]... needs of a participation of whole business communities in the development of business processes were not yet recognized, and the technical possibilities for effective community work (keyword: Web 2.0) were not yet available 1.3.2 Horus: Business Processes for Business Communities As a result of many years of research at the Institute for Applied Computer Science and Formal Description Methods (AIFB)... its business processes Changes in the global market are common for the daily agenda: Companies are increasingly forced to adapt to new customers, competitors, and business partners Competitive edges are achieved more frequently not by better products, but by efficient and cost-effective processes In short, business processes have developed into an additional factor of production 1.2.1 Language of the Business. .. business process models or business process modeling and management: • • • • Business Process Management Initiative: www.bpmi.org Business Process Modeling Forum: www.bpmodeling.com/ Business Process Trends: www.bptrends.com/ Petri Nets World: www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/PetriNets The following links give examples of systems for business process modeling to which more information is available on... that business process engineering will follow is irrelevant in this introductory chapter It is important to understand how real-world relationships F Sch¨ nthaler et al., Business Processes for Business Communities, o DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-24791-0 2, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 9 10 2 Practical Introduction to Business Process Engineering are acquired, analyzed, and illustrated in a business. .. example, the business objects are shown in a business object model Business objects are described by their attributes and their relationships to other business objects Business objects are generally complex and are then formed by combining several objects and their relations with a so-called aggregate Aggregates will not be considered further at this point; please refer to Chap 3 for additional information... contradictions, misunderstandings, and omissions in communication are common Each interest group in the business community maintains its group-specific perspective on a business process: The management focuses on business performance indicators, business professionals 4 1 Introduction have their business applications and processes in mind, and IT professionals think in software and hardware structures It is clear... development and optimization of processes Proven processes are retained and linked with improved Reshaping, Optimization Reengineering Set-up Design Engineering Shaping Fig 2.6 Objectives of business process management 2.5 Holistic Business Process Management 19 or partially redesigned processes The changes may not be drastic, they take place gradually For one, the risk that a transformation always brings... prerequisite for this evolutionary form of business process development is a permanent monitoring Only then, weaknesses can be identified and the impact of the changes displayed and analyzed All these objectives require a precise definition of the business processes as well as a consistent documentation, which can be achieved by adequate modeling The original method introduced by Hammer and Champy in 1993 for business. .. enterprise In addition to pure process modeling, business objects are also described and modeled, which will be created, read, modified, or destroyed by processes or single activities; this occurs in Sect 3.4 Finally, the organization of an enterprise as a whole will be considered in the modeling (Sect 3.5) F Sch¨ nthaler et al., Business Processes for Business Communities, o DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-24791-0... company—we collectively call this the business community—are expected to have a good look at business processes Together, they contribute to the design, analysis, documentation, execution, and further development of business processes Of course, this only succeeds if an efficient communication is possible This requires that the same language is used within the entire business community and that time-consuming . x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Business Processes for Business Communities i Frank Sch ¨ onthaler Gottfried Vossen Andreas Oberweis Thomas Karle Business Processes for Business Communities Modeling. 3 1.2.1 Language of the Business Community 3 1.2.2 Modeling Methods 5 1.3 Tools for Business Communities 5 1.3.1 Market Development 5 1.3.2 Horus: Business Processes for Business Communities 6 1.4. not yet available. 1.3.2 Horus: Business Processes for Business Communities As a result of many years of research at the Institute for Applied Computer Science and Formal Description Methods (AIFB)