Modeling and Execution of Multienterprise Business Processes
This provides a solution for businesses needing to manage distributed processes, though it appears incremental by adapting existing methodologies.
The authors tackled the challenge of modeling and executing multienterprise business processes by developing an agent-based platform using S-BPM methodology and cloud technology, demonstrating that all Service Interaction Patterns can be easily modeled and executed.
We discuss a fully featured multienterprise business process plattform (ME-BPP) based on the concepts of agent-based business processes. Using the concepts of the subject-oriented business process (S-BPM) methodology we developed an architecture to realize a platform for the execution of distributed business processes. The platform is implemented based on cloud technology using commercial services. For our discussion we used the well known Service Interaction Patterns, as they are empirically developed from typical business-to-business interactions. We can demonstrate that all patterns can be easily modeled and executed based on our architecture. We propose therefore a change from a control flow based to an agent based view to model and enact business processes.