Consistent Integration of Decision (DMN) and Process (BPMN) Models

In: S. España, M. Ivanović, M. Savić (eds.): Proceedings of the CAiSE’16 Forum at the 28th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 13-17.6.2016, published at http://ceur-ws.org Abstract. Organizations use business process and decision management techniques to run their businesses more efficiently. Modeling the business processes and decisions is a vital part of this. The recently proposed Decision Modeling and Notation (DMN) standard introduces a declarative approach for modeling decisions and aims at the separation of decision logic from business processes. Decoupling decisions and process models is crucial for the flexibility and maintainability of business processes. However, this aspect has received little attention, except in straightforward situations. In this paper we identify five integration scenarios and provide a formal basis for DMN models. Using these scenarios and formalization we illustrate how to achieve consistent integration of decision and process models.

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