Comparative analysis of the main business process modeling methods: a bibliometric study

Abstract

The offer of business process modeling methodologies is quite extensive, making it difficult for scholars in the BPM area to choose properly. In this context, this paper has the objective to present the main modeling methodologies, with applications, examples and comparisons. A systematic bibliographic survey and the comparative analysis of these notations used in the implementation of BPM projects have been carried out. According to the bibliometric analysis, the modeling notations of the business process most portrayed in the works surveyed are: BPMN, UML, EPC and IDEF. From the construction of a consistent overview that allows the comparative analysis of the methodologies, in order to select the one that suits better its specificities it can be verified that, although they share the same objective, each notation has its specific characteristics. This study has the main purpose of providing a basis for the adequate indication of the application of studies in the field, especially those destined for papers, dissertations and theses.

Proposal of BPMN extension with a view to effective modeling of clinical pathways

“…The BPMN is currently the most popular standard for business process modeling (Entringer et al, 2021). The intuitiveness of the created models and the availability of BPMN-compliant modelers mean that CPs are also usually modeled in BPMN.…”

“…Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a formalized graphical notation that defines rules for modeling business processes and transferring models to execution systems (Entringer et al, 2021;Onggo et al, 2018;Dumas et al, 2018). Thanks to the intuitive ease of understanding BPMN models, the completeness of the mechanisms offered and the widespread availability of modelers supporting this standard (including free tools), BPMN has become the undisputed Proposal of BPMN extension leader among process modeling notations .…”

“…The evaluation measures (Table 2) for the proposed model were adapted from the studies of Entringer et al (2021) and Hashim and Hussain (2016) to determine the readability, ease of learning and usefulness and ease of application of the proposal. Each expert performed assessments for the same CP.…”

“…In order to evaluate the proposed BPMN extensions, 3 groups (Readability, Ease of learning and Usefulness and ease of application) were defined for each of the 3 detailed criteria (Table 2) (Entringer et al, 2021;ISO, 2011;Mendling et al, 2007;Nielsen, 2005).…”

“…Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a formalized graphical notation that defines rules for modeling business processes and transferring models to execution systems (Entringer et al. , 2021; Onggo et al.…”