Growing Trees – A Versioning Approach for Business Process Models based on Graph Theory
Abstract
This paper examines parallels in version management between software engineering and process modelling. Best practices in software engineering version management, identified by a literature review, are discussed in the context of process modelling. Based on the results, a concept for version management in process modelling is derived. We present both a versioning approach for business process models as well as a XML storage format to serve as a foundation for an implementation of our approach. The versioning concept at hand is based on graph theory and strives to serve as a framework for future model versioning research and implementation in process modelling tools.
Keywords
process modelling; versioning; software engineering; graph theory; XML
Cite as
Clever, N., Holler, J., Püster, J., & Shitkova, M. (2013). Growing Trees — A Versioning Approach for Business Process Models based on Graph Theory. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013, Utrecht University, 157.Details
Publication type
Research article in proceedings (conference)
Peer reviewed
Yes
Publication status
Published
Year
2013
Conference
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013
Venue
Utrecht University
Pages range
157
Language
English