UBPML Prozessbegriffe

Glossary and Comparison of Methods

BPMN, UML, EPC, UBPML, CEP, (A)CM, HIMS

(see also UBPML Reference)

Term	Denotation	Example	Terms To Compare
			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
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
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