The Organization, the Process and the Model

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce and discuss organizational process modeling (OPM). This is a modeling approach developed for use in the design of IT systems. It is one part of a broader process approach described by Warboys, et al. [1]. The associated ProcessWeb technology, with its executable process modeling language (PML), provides the technological infrastructure. The whole set of ideas and technology that makes up this broader process approach results

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