UBPML Prozessbegriffe
From OOEM
Glossary and Comparison of Methods
BPMN, UML, EPC, UBPML, CEP, (A)CM, HIMS
(see also UBPML Reference)
| Term
| Denotation
| Example
| Terms To Compare
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBPML | Token based BPMLs | CEP | (A) CM | HIMS | |||||
| BPMN | UML Activity | EPC | |||||||
| Step
| A Step describes a Change (Transformation) from one Constellation (initial) into one or several mutual exclusive other ones (final). It is the elementary unit of a planned Change.
| application review
| see Step Class resp. Instance
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| Constellation
| A certain state of the system, which is described as a set of classes (i.a. a constellation) in a certain state, as well as optionally by additional constraints on these classes and their inter relationships.
| there is an unreviewed application at hand
| see Step Class resp. Instance
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| Step Class
| Describes a set of Steps with similar properties, used in schematic descriptions (e.g. workflow definition)
| application review (in general)
| Step Class | Activity | Activity | Function | Action | Case in a template | Task in a template |
| Step Instance
| A specific, scheduled or happened Step, used in projects or workflow instances
| review of application number 4711
| Step Instance | exists at runtime, but not modelable | Case | Task in a Plan | |||
| Constellation Class
| Describes a set of a Constellations with similar properties, used in schematic descriptions (e.g. workflow definition
| there is (any) unreviewed application at hand
| Constellation Class | implicitly via artefacts | implicitly via objects | Event | Event (via Conditions) | implicitly via documents in template | Stage in a template; Entities and Rules from a template |
| Constellation Instance
| a specific situation
| application number 4711 is unreviewed
| Constellation Instance | "a token arrives" | Incident of an Event (Condition fulfilled) | Stage in a Plan; Entities and Rules from a Plan | |||
| Change
| the purpose of a Step, connects two Constellations (the origin and the goal)
| application review
| Change | not explicitly addressed | Purpose of a Stage | ||||
| Process Schema
| Defines valid Step instances of a Process (by specifying Step classes as well as possibly additional restrictions)
| class "ApplicaionReview", condition "region : north"
| Process Schema | Template | |||||
| Workflow
| Purposeful concatenation of Step classes
| Sequence of Step Classes "ApplicationEntry", "ApplicationReview", "ApplicationAcceptance"
| Workflow | Process (actually: Flow Chart) | template and all its sub-templates | ||||
| Process
| Set of step instances
| instances of class "ApplicaionReview", taking place in region north
| Process | exists at runtime, but not modelable | Plan | ||||
| Workflow Instance
| Purposeful concatenation of Step instances, corresponding to a certain workflow
| Sequence of Step Instances "Entry Application #4711", "Review Application #4711", "Acceptance Application #4711"
| Workflow Instance | exists at runtime, but not modelable | Case ("#4711") | Plan and all its sub-Plans (from templates) | |||
| Project
| Purposeful concatenation of Step instances, freely defined
| Improvement of Application Review
| Project | not modelable | Case ("Improvement of Application Review") | Plan and all its sub-Plans (no templates) | |||
| Process Step Schema
| Generic term for Workflow and Process Schema, i.e. a Schema, which defines some set of Step instances
| Process Step Schema | see Workflow resp. Process Schema
| Set of templates | |||||
| Progression Plan
| Generic term for Workflow Instance and Project, i.e. any specific set of Step instances
| Progression Plan | see Workflow Instance resp. Project
| Set of Plans | |||||
