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BPMN Research: What We Know and What We Don’t Know

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Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN 2012)

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In this short keynote paper, I will briefly explore the current state of research and practice surrounding the BPMN standard. On basis of this analysis I will offer a personal outlook into the key emerging areas where I believe more research will be required to further understand BPMN, its premise and promise, and how we can shape – and join together – the landscape of BPMN practice and development in academia and industry.

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  1. Retail Innovation Information Systems School Science & Engineering Faculty, Australia

    Jan Recker

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  1. Department of Information Systems and Operations, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

    Jan Mendling

  2. Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Matthias Weidlich

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Recker, J. (2012). BPMN Research: What We Know and What We Don’t Know. In: Mendling, J., Weidlich, M. (eds) Business Process Model and Notation. BPMN 2012. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 125. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33155-8_1

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