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How good is an AS-IS model really?

  • I.G. Arkılıç
  • , H.A. Reijers
  • , R.R.H.M.J. Goverde

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Abstract

Redesign projects for business processes usually start with analysing and mapping an actual situation within an organization. This step is called "developing an AS-IS business process model". However, many contemporary organizations have invested in developing and sustaining process models of their existing operations, which are often created by domain experts themselves. In case a new redesign project is to be initiated, a dilemma occurs. Is it safe to use a model from the existing collection or should the AS-IS model be developed all over by a BPM specialist? Clearly, an important consideration here is whether AS-IS models developed by domain experts rather than BPM experts is of sufficient quality to drive a redesign effort. To empirically investigate this issue, we examined a business process within a multinational high-tech organization. Unlike most of the studies focused on one specific aspect of quality (e.g. control flow), we used a framework from the literature that covers three quality aspects. The framework was applied to determine the potential problems in the AS-IS model.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBusiness Process Management Workshops : BPM 2012 International Workshops, Tallinn, Estonia, September 3, 2012. Revised Papers
EditorsM. La Rosa, P. Soffer
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages89-100
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-36284-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event8th International Workshop on Business Process Design (BPD 2012), September 3, 2012, Tallinn, Estonia - Tallinn, Estonia
Duration: 3 Sept 20123 Sept 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume132
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Workshop

Workshop8th International Workshop on Business Process Design (BPD 2012), September 3, 2012, Tallinn, Estonia
Abbreviated titleBPD 2012
Country/TerritoryEstonia
CityTallinn
Period3/09/123/09/12
OtherWorkshop held in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2012)

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