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Dynamic product line for Business Process Management

Roberto dos Santos Rocha (School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
Marcelo Fantinato (School of Arts, Science, and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
Lucinéia Heloisa Thom (Institute of Informatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Marcelo Medeiros Eler (School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

Business Process Management Journal

ISSN: 1463-7154

Article publication date: 2 November 2015

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the proposal of a Product Line (PL)-based approach for Business Process Management (BPM) projects that cover the entire BPM lifecycle and proposes integrating it with dynamic techniques still not used together.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors carried out this work using the design science research methodology. The authors assessed the proposed approach using a classification procedure created through a series of specific attributes, which enables a comparison of the proposed integrated approach with related works selected from a systematic literature review.

Findings

The comparative assessment has shown that the proposed approach presents the most comprehensive solution than any other similar one suggested for the same purpose, mainly in terms of the coverage of the entire BPM lifecycle and dynamic techniques.

Research limitations/implications

Due to the high-level conceptual nature of the proposed approach, the authors could not evaluate it also in terms of some controlled experiment or a case study.

Originality/value

The proposed approach aims at improving the management of business processes in organizations in a systematic way using concepts and techniques that exist in other areas, but not widely used together yet, such as BPM, service-oriented computing, and Software PL.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Fapesp (São Paulo Research Foundation) and Capes (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel), Brazil. Roberto S. Rocha is grateful for the financial support from UFBA (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil).

Citation

Rocha, R.d.S., Fantinato, M., Thom, L.H. and Eler, M.M. (2015), "Dynamic product line for Business Process Management", Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 21 No. 6, pp. 1224-1256. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-09-2014-0091

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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