An Approach for Process Variability Control in Business Process Management

To adapt to the demand of agile reengineering of business process in Business Process Management System, a kind of software model which based on message computing is proposed. Aiming at conducting varied modeling of the business process variation type through the message transferred between functional activity and connector, the model is made up by business functional activities and logic calculation modules (connector). The process structure is controlled by the logic calculation between messages and connectors. Process change and stability can be limited through defining the replaceable and restrictive relations between functional activities or process structure. A demonstration of a partial process applied to insurance management information system illustrates the above-mentioned model's support for business process convenient adjustive.