The Integration of Process Simulation Within the Business Architecture

B.F.C. Roelens; Louise Tierens

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-07475-2_13

The Integration of Process Simulation Within the Business Architecture

B.F.C. Roelens^*
, Louise Tierens

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To deal with increased competition and technological change, organizations need to strive for a continuous improvement of their business processes. To realize this, simulation models offer a suitable approach to test different process alternatives. In particular, discrete-event simulation employs stochastic models to support operational decision-making inside the organization. However, this operational focus might cause suboptimization with respect to higher-level organizational goals. Therefore, an integrative view on the business architecture might align strategic, organizational and process perspectives. This has resulted in the expansion of the Process-Goal Alignment modeling technique with a simulation mechanism. This paper augments the previous research efforts by
including simulation results expressed by confidence intervals, such that the
results of process simulations can be accurately integrated with the overall business performance. The design of the business architecture simulation technique is guided by the Design Science Research methodology. This paper communicates about both the design and the demonstration of the simulation technique, while the evaluation of this artifact is subject to future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. BPMDS EMMSAD 2022
Editors	Adriano Augusto, Asif Gill, Dominik Bork, Selmin Nurcan, Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Rainer Schmidt
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages	188–202
Volume	450
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-07475-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-07474-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07475-2_13
Publication status	Published - 29 May 2022
Event	23rd International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support and the 27th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development - Leuven, Belgium Duration: 6 Jun 2022 → 7 Jun 2022

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	450
ISSN	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	23rd International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support and the 27th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development
Abbreviated title	BPMDS 2022 + EMMSAD 2022
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Leuven
Period	6/06/22 → 7/06/22

Keywords

Business architecture
Design science research
Discrete-event simulation

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Roelens, B. F. C., & Tierens, L. (2022). The Integration of Process Simulation Within the Business Architecture. In Adriano Augusto, Asif Gill, Dominik Bork, Selmin Nurcan, Iris Reinhartz-Berger, & Rainer Schmidt (Eds.), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. BPMDS EMMSAD 2022 (1 ed., Vol. 450, pp. 188–202). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07475-2_13

Roelens, B.F.C. ; Tierens, Louise. / The Integration of Process Simulation Within the Business Architecture. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. BPMDS EMMSAD 2022. editor / Adriano Augusto ; Asif Gill ; Dominik Bork ; Selmin Nurcan ; Iris Reinhartz-Berger ; Rainer Schmidt. Vol. 450 1. ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022. pp. 188–202 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 450).

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