Analysis of the Incorporation of Non-Functional Requirements in Business Process Modeling
Abstract
Considering the business process management, strategic alignment is important due to the need to manage and optimize IT processes starting from the organization's most important processes. In the requirements engineering phase of a IS development, not only functional requirements should be took into account, but also the operating and quality constraints that related processes should consider. This paper aims at, through a systematic analysis, presenting the existing research works linking business processes modeling to non-functional requirements. As a result, the published studies are discussed and some gaps into this research line are pointed.
Keywords:
Business Processes, IT Management, IT Optimization, Requirements Engineering,
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Jungen, M. (2011) “Stakeholder-Driven Business Process Management – An Evaluation of the Suitability, Adequacy and Effectiveness of Quality and Process Management”, Int. Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), p. 244-252.
Khaluf, L., Gerth, C. and Engels, G. (2011) “Pattern-Based Modeling and Formalizing of Business Process Quality Constraints“, Int. Conf. on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), p. 521-535.
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Pavlosvki, C. J. and Zou, J. (2008) “Non-functional Requirements in Business Process Modeling”, In: 15th Asia-Pacific Conf. on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM), Computer Society Inc., Darlinghurst, Australia, p. 103-112.
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Theilmann, W., Winkler, U., Happe, J. and Magrans, I. (2010) “Managing on-demand business applications with hierarchical service level agreements”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) – Springer, p. 97-106.
Vara, J., Sanchez, J. and Pastor, O. (2008) “Business Process Modelling and Purpose Analysis for Requirements Analysis of Information Systems”, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, p. 213–227.
Vujovic, A., Krivokapic, Z. and Sokovic, M. (2011) “Improvement of Business Processes Performances through Establishment of the Analogy: Quality Management System – Human Organism”, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, p. 151-161.
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Published
2012-05-16
How to Cite
SALLES, Guilherme B. M.; FANTINATO, Marcelo.
Analysis of the Incorporation of Non-Functional Requirements in Business Process Modeling. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SBSI), 8. , 2012, São Paulo.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2012
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p. 49-60.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2012.14393.
