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How Context-aware Technologies Influence Business Process Management. Xiaohui Zhao, University of Canberra. Dr. Xiaohui Zhao. University of Canberra, Australia Worked in New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Japan TechNZ Grant from New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation
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How Context-aware Technologies Influence Business Process Management Xiaohui Zhao, University of Canberra
Dr. Xiaohui Zhao University of Canberra, Australia Worked in New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Japan TechNZ Grant from New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation Business Process Modelling Integration of BPM into RFID-enabled Applications Flexible Service Delivery
U$5.3B, 2017 U$ 1.065B, 2005 By Global Industry Analysts Service oriented architecture, rule driven process automation model driven process design Dynamic isolated functional units hardcoded business logic Static Business Process Management Inter-organisation VOA SCM CBP (B2B, B2C) Intra-organisation EAI Document flow (OA) ERP Implicit process 1920s 1990s 2000 Xiaohui Zhao, Uni .of Canberra 1 of Gartner’s top 3 strategic technologies (2008) Standardise and automate business process operations
Context-awareness Technology Traffic Control Sensor-enabled awareness to the contextual information, such as time, temperature, humidity, consumption of food, vehicle locations, etc., subject to application domains. Smart Appliances Intelligent Wheeled Chair Building Automation Real-Time Supply Chain Management Self-Switch on/off ATM
What if context-aware BPM? • Highly personalised service(eLearning, tourism, etc.) Context-aware BPM BPM present • Energy, material-efficient operations (production, etc.) • Reliable planning, business continuity (SCM) Xiaohui Zhao, Uni .of Canberra
Challenges / Research Topics Xiaohui Zhao, Uni .of Canberra
How and Where to Start Ontology, SBVR, conversion of context events into business events [4, 5, 6] ECA Rules, Artifact-centric [8, 9] Process change operations according to change patterns [2, 3, 7] Version preserving graph, Version tree/page/space [1] Context awareness extensions to BPMN and BPEL Xiaohui Zhao, Uni .of Canberra
Reference List Xiaohui Zhao, Uni .of Canberra [1] X. Zhao and C. Liu, Version Management for Business Process Schema Evolution. Information Systems, 38(8). pp.1046-1069. Elsevier. 2013. [2] J. Xu, C. Liu, X. Zhao, and Z. Ding, Incorporating Structural Improvement into Resource Allocation for Business Process Execution Planning, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 25(3), pp.427-442, 2013. Wiley. [3] X. Zhao, C. Liu, Y. Yang, and W. Sadiq, CorPN: Managing Instance Correspondence in Collaborative Business Processes, Distributed and Parallel Database. 29(4), pp.309-332. 2011. Springer Publisher. [4] X. Zhao, C. Liu, and T. Lin, Incorporating Business Logics into RFID-enabled Applications, Information Processing & Management. 48(1), pp.47-62. 2012. Elsevier Publisher. [5] X. Zhao, C. Liu, and T. Lin, Incorporating Business Process Management into RFID-enabled Application Systems, Business Process Management Journal. Vol 16(6), pp.932-953. 2010. Emerald Publisher. [6] X. Zhao, and C. Liu, Steering Dynamic Collaborations between Business Processes, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol 40 (4), pp.743-757. 2010. [7] X. Zhao and J. Campbell, Towards Connecting Online Interfacing and Core Business Processes, Australasian Conference on Information Systems(ACIS 2013). Melbourne, Australia. [8] S. Yongchareon, C. Liu, and X. Zhao,A Framework for Behavior-Consistent Specialization of Artifact-Centric Business Processes, International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2012). pp.285-301. Tallinn, Estonia. [9] S. Yongchareon, C. Liu, and X. Zhao, An Artifact-centric View-based Approach to Modeling Inter-organizational Business Processes, International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE 2011). pp.273-281. Sydney, Australia.