The First Workshop on Academy Meets Industry in Information System Engineering brings the opportunity for academics, researchers, and practitioners, including vendors and developers to discuss their mutual collaboration challenges and lessons learned in the field of Information System Engineering. As you know, due to the COVID-19 situation, CAiSE’2020 and, therefore AMISE’2020, will be digitalized. This …
Best BPM CEE Forum Paper Award 2019
I am truly delighted and honored to receive the best paper award on BPM 2019 CEE forum for the paper entitled An Empirical Investigation of the Cultural Impacts on the Business Process Concepts Representations, co-authored by Pavlo Brin, Saša Kuhar, Gregor Jošt and Jernej Huber. The main idea of the paper is discussed in one …
BPMN and DMN applied in Clinical Information Systems domain
I've just reviewed a paper in the Clinical information systems domain, where BPMN and DMN were used for modeling of processes and decisions involved in initiating birth control according to the CDC’s MEC for birth control initiation with the objective to incorporate them into an electronic health records (EHR) system. Authors conclude that BPMN and …
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Visiting professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business
My three-months stay at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Information Systems and Operations, has finished "in the blink of an eye". Vienna’s skyline is a wonder to behold, whereas the Gloriette at the top of Schönbrunn's park is one of my favorites. The featured photo was taken with my mobile phone. …
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How effective is OCR of BPMN elements?
Despite of a variety of available modeling tools, several analysts still prefer to create process diagrams in a hand-written manner, especially in the initial phases of process discovery activities. Modeling diagrams "by pen" may be associated with similar benefits to handwriting, when compared to typing (infographics), as also investigated in one of my older posts. …
New process- related knowledge mastered
Currently I am working as a visiting professor at WU Vienna (Vienna University of Economics and Business), at the Department of Information Systems and Operations, where I've just completed lecturing the "Process Implementation" course consisting of the following main topics: Introduction to business process automation. Implementing processes with Bonita BPM. Simulating processes with BIMP. Theory …
“Noise” in process-related communication
A business process diagram serves several purposes including process analysis, process-related communication, and process automation. Considering communication, modelers must ensure that all participants understand a process diagram and the corresponding notation in the same way (i.e. effectiveness). The effectiveness of diagrammatic communication With globalization this might get challenging since different cultural environments may implicitly imply …
BPM 2019 – Call for Participation
The International Conference on Business Process Management is the biggest of its kind worldwide and takes place in Vienna at the WU Campus in the week of 1-6 September 2019. The conference attracted more than 400 submissions for all its diverse tracks and program components. The highlights are: 6 Keynotes 4 Tutorials 1 Panel Discussion …
Finally got it!
Finally got the latest and the brightest book for my BPM course. Many thanks to the authors for sharing their knowledge and experience.
Mission completed!
Yesterday, my PhD student, Mr. Gregor Jošt, was formally promoted into doctorem philosophiae (PhD) of computer science and informatics of University of Maribor. I am very happy and honored of being part of his mission. Special thanks to the members of the doctoral commission, especially to prof. dr. Jan Mendling. Thesis abstract: The main purpose of …
