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Dealing with change in process choreographies: Design and implementation of propagation algorithms.
Walid Fdhila1, Conrad Indiono1, Stefanie Rinderle-Ma1
1Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Austria.
Adapting business processes in collaborative scenarios is challenging. This study introduces a generic, decentralized change propagation method for process choreographies, ensuring consistency and compatibility across partners.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
Background:
- Process changes are critical for information systems, especially in collaborative settings with distributed partners.
- Adapting private processes can impact other partners, necessitating transitive change propagation.
- Existing methods for change propagation are often limited in scope and tied to specific process languages.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a generic, decentralized approach for propagating changes in process choreographies.
- To overcome limitations of existing methods regarding change operations and language dependency.
- To ensure consistency and compatibility of process choreographies after changes.
Main Methods:
- Developed a generic change propagation approach based on the Refined Process Structure Tree (RPST).
- The approach is independent of specific process specification languages.
- Algorithms were designed to handle a comprehensive set of change patterns.
Main Results:
- The proposed method is language-independent, offering broader applicability.
- Demonstrated that the change propagation algorithms maintain process choreography consistency and compatibility.
- A proof-of-concept prototype of a change propagation framework was successfully developed.
Conclusions:
- The generic change propagation approach effectively supports agile collaborative process scenarios.
- Decentralized change management in process choreographies enhances system flexibility.
- This work provides a foundation for robust change support in inter-organizational information systems.
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