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Aligning Riva-based Business Process Architectures with Business Goals Using the i* Framework

Authors:
Yousra Odeh
Mohammed Odeh
Stewart Green

Keywords: Goal;Riva; Business Process Architecture; i* Framework; Business Process Model

Abstract:
The i* framework has been widely used to derive business process models as an attempt to fulfill business strategies in the business/IT environment. However, in a dynamic environment the derivation methods do not easily adapt to radical changes required either in goals or process models due to the absence of a business process architecture that permits business processes improvement. The current approaches for business process architecture modelling, and particularly the Riva-based method, lack the integration of business goals for both deriving the process of business process architecture development and/or aligning business goals to a pre-existing business process architecture model. In this paper, we propose a novel approach that is i*-based to align a Riva business process architecture with business goals, and vice versa, with full traceability in both directions to tackle the above shortcomings. This approach has been initially evaluated using the Cancer Detection pilot study in the Cancer Care and Registration process in Jordan. This goal-driven alignment has demonstrated a systematic bridging of the gap between goal-oriented and business process models in a dynamic environment. Moreover, the business goals integration has improved the Riva business process architecture development process and produced new knowledge for the as-is Riva process architecture and its associated business process models, where many are run as software services.

Pages: 15 to 20

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: May 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4391

ISBN: 978-1-61208-278-3

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from May 27, 2013 to June 1, 2013