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Professionalizing Business Process Management: Towards a Body of Knowledge for BPM

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Business Process Management Workshops (BPM 2010)

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Business Process Management (BPM) is rapidly evolving as an established discipline. There are a number of efforts underway to formalize the various aspects of BPM practice; creating a formal Body of Knowledge (BoK) is one such effort. Bodies of knowledge are artifacts that have a proven track record for accelerating the professionalization of various disciplines. In order for this to succeed in BPM, it is vital to involve the broader business process community and derive a BoK that has essential characteristics that addresses the discipline’s needs. We argue for the necessity of a comprehensive BoK for the BPM domain, and present a core list of essential features to consider when developing a BoK based on preliminary empirical evidence. The paper identifies and critiques existing Bodies of Knowledge related to BPM, and firmly calls for an effort to develop a more accurate and sustainable BoK for BPM. An approach for this effort is presented with preliminary outcomes.

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, 126, Margaret Street, Brisbane, Australia

    Wasana Bandara & Michael Rosemann

  2. Business Process Trends, 1819 Polk Street #334, San Francisco, CA, 94109

    Paul Harmon

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  1. Stevens Institute of Technology, Howe School of Technology Management, 07030, Hoboken, NY, USA

    Michael zur Muehlen

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of California, 93106-5110, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Jianwen Su

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Bandara, W., Harmon, P., Rosemann, M. (2011). Professionalizing Business Process Management: Towards a Body of Knowledge for BPM. In: zur Muehlen, M., Su, J. (eds) Business Process Management Workshops. BPM 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20511-8_68

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