Declarative workflows: Balancing between flexibility and support

By Wil M.P. van der Aalst, Maja Pesic, Helen Schonenberg. Computer Science - Research and Development, 2009

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AbstractToday’s process-aware information systems tend to either support business processes or provide flexibility. Classical workflow management systems offer good process support as long as the processes are structured and do not require much flexibility. Information systems that allow for flexibility have a tendency to lack process-related support. If systems offer guidance, then they are typically also inclined to ‘‘enforce guidelines’’ and are perceived as inflexible. Moreover, implementing flexible systems is far from trivial. This paper will show that using a more declarative approach can assist in a better balance between flexibility and support. This is demonstrated by presenting the Declare framework that aims to take care of the full spectrum of flexibility while at the same time supports the user using recommendations and other process-mining-based diagnostics.

Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Information Systems, Management Information Systems

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Citations in the corpus

Knowledge-Intensive Processes: Characteristics, Requirements and Analysis of Contemporary Approaches (2015, background): “Declare [6] is a language and prototype(6) (we consider here version 2.”
Business Process Management: A Comprehensive Survey (2013, methodology): “For processes with a lot of flexibility, declarative models are often more appropriate [70, 71].”