Ellouze, Fatma, Chaabane, Mohamed Amine, Bouaziz, Rafik and Andonoff, Éric (2016) Addressing inter-organisational process flexibility using versions: The VP2M approach. In: 10th International Conference on Research Challenge in Information Science (RCIS 2016).

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Abstract

Process flexibility has been investigated in depth in the context of intra-organisational processes, but it is still an open issue when processes cross the boundaries of companies. In this paper, we address the modelling of flexible inter-organisational processes using a version-based approach. Indeed, versions are known to be a powerful technique to deal with variability, evolution and adaptation of processes, which are the three main needs of process flexibility. More precisely, this paper presents VP2M (Version of Process Meta-Model), a meta-model supporting the modelling of versions of inter-organisational processes, addressing both static and dynamic aspects of VP2M. It also illustrates process version modelling within the Subsea Pipeline process example.