Chapter 11. The Future of Process Modeling

In today's competitive world, businesses cannot survive without Information Technology (IT) systems. Some of the most successful businesses have reliable and easy-to-use computer systems to run their core business. IT systems play a key role in their success in business operations and innovation. Therefore, IT systems should be capable of supporting business to accommodate the changes in the business processes and models.

Organizations are continuously seeking new opportunities to differentiate themselves from others offering similar services and products. This demands that the system implementation should be capable to adapt to the changing nature of the business or marketplace economically. In other words, organizations require agility and an increase in the performance of the IT systems to address the emerging competition. Process modeling with the following qualities can help us achieve this goal:

• Easy to reflect complete business process in a...