The diverse landscape of Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) makes it challenging for users to co... more The diverse landscape of Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) makes it challenging for users to compare different solutions to identify the ones most suitable to their requirements. Thus a comparison framework that would define common grounds in many different aspects, such as price, reliability, security, robustness and performance is necessary. In this paper we focus on the performance aspect, and we present a framework for automatic and reliable calculation of performance metrics for BPMN 2.0 WfMSs. We validate the framework by applying it on two open-source WfMSs. The goal is to contribute to the improvement of existing WfMSs by pinpointing performance bottlenecks, and to empower end users to make informed decisions when selecting a WfMS.
The number of business process models is constantly increasing as companies realize the competiti... more The number of business process models is constantly increasing as companies realize the competitive advantage of managing their processes. Measuring their size and structural properties can give useful insights. With the BPMeter tool, process owners can quickly compare their process with company’s process portfolio, researchers can statically analyze a process to see which modeling language features have been used in practice, while modelers can obtain an aggregated view over their processes. In this demonstration we show how to use BPMeter, which provides a simple Web application to visualize the results of applying over 100 different size and structure metrics to BPMN 2.0 process models. The visualization features measurements, statistics and the possibility to compare the measurements with the ones obtained from the entire portfolio. Moreover we show how to invoke its RESTful Web API so that the BPMeter analyzer can be easily integrated with existing process management tools.
The diverse landscape of Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) makes it challenging for users to co... more The diverse landscape of Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) makes it challenging for users to compare different solutions to identify the ones most suitable to their requirements. Thus a comparison framework that would define common grounds in many different aspects, such as price, reliability, security, robustness and performance is necessary. In this paper we focus on the performance aspect, and we present a framework for automatic and reliable calculation of performance metrics for BPMN 2.0 WfMSs. We validate the framework by applying it on two open-source WfMSs. The goal is to contribute to the improvement of existing WfMSs by pinpointing performance bottlenecks, and to empower end users to make informed decisions when selecting a WfMS.
The number of business process models is constantly increasing as companies realize the competiti... more The number of business process models is constantly increasing as companies realize the competitive advantage of managing their processes. Measuring their size and structural properties can give useful insights. With the BPMeter tool, process owners can quickly compare their process with company’s process portfolio, researchers can statically analyze a process to see which modeling language features have been used in practice, while modelers can obtain an aggregated view over their processes. In this demonstration we show how to use BPMeter, which provides a simple Web application to visualize the results of applying over 100 different size and structure metrics to BPMN 2.0 process models. The visualization features measurements, statistics and the possibility to compare the measurements with the ones obtained from the entire portfolio. Moreover we show how to invoke its RESTful Web API so that the BPMeter analyzer can be easily integrated with existing process management tools.
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