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Das Dekompositionsmodell nach Wand und Weber im Kontext der Prozessmodellierung

Wand and Weber’s Decomposition Model in the Context of Business Process Modeling

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Zusammenfassung

Obwohl die Vorteile der Dekomposition bei der Prozessmodellierung hinlänglich bekannt sind, ist nach wie vor unklar, durch welche Eigenschaften sich eine „gute“ Zerlegung eines Prozessmodells auszeichnet. In der Literatur wird die Dekomposition meist pragmatisch interpretiert, wobei ein strukturiertes Vorgehen fehlt. Aus diesem Grund zieht die vorliegende Arbeit das Dekompositionsmodell nach Wand und Weber heran und spezifiziert dieses für die Geschäftsprozessmodellierung. Dabei gilt es, zunächst zu hinterfragen, inwiefern das Dekompositionsmodell überhaupt auf die Prozessmodellierung übertragen werden kann. In der Literatur finden sich bisher keine entsprechenden Untersuchungen, auch wenn dieser Ansatz in mehreren Publikationen als sehr vielversprechend eingeschätzt wird. Mit vorliegender Arbeit wird ein Beitrag geleistet, diese Lücke zu schließen. Langfristig wird die Entwicklung von Handlungsanweisungen angestrebt, welche den Anwender bei der zielgerichteten Dekomposition von Prozessmodellen unterstützen.

Abstract

Whereas the benefits of decomposing process models are obvious, the question what actually characterizes a “good” decomposition of a business process model has been given little attention to date. In addition, the process of decomposition itself is considered as being an “art” in literature. Our approach for achieving a “good” decomposition is Wand and Weber’s decomposition model for information systems. As a first step in our investigation we aim to explore in how far the decomposition model can be adapted for business process modelling at all. The potential this model might bear for evaluating decompositions of process models has been promoted in literature quite often, while a corresponding investigation is still missing. We address this gap by the following research. In the long term, we intend to establish guidelines for decomposing business process models in a structured way.

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Notes

  1. Der Begriff bezieht sich hier auf das Ergebnis der Zerlegung und nicht den Vorgang.

  2. Hier i. S. v. „nicht überflüssig“.

  3. Aus Gründen der Übersichtlichkeit wurden die Zwischenereignisse weggelassen.

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Johannsen, F., Leist, S. Das Dekompositionsmodell nach Wand und Weber im Kontext der Prozessmodellierung. Wirtschaftsinf 54, 263–280 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11576-012-0334-2

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