Process and Quality metadata Metis 2011 Session 4 Hakan Linden (Eurostat) Max Booleman (Statistics Netherlands)
Content Introduction The papers The discussion topics
Introduction Ex ante (design phase) Ex post (production phase) Conceptual Process Product quality Process quality
Introduction Ex ante (design phase) Ex post (production phase) Conceptual Process Product quality Process quality
Industrialisation: vision a production system which could produce only with the help of metadata a statistical product with the right specifications at minimum costs, given the changing available sources and resources Still far away
Industrialistion: re-use of Data (inside offices: extention of our output databases, micro and macro) Metadata (the meaning of and the making of) Processes (tools), small building blocks Don’t do things twice
The papers Eurostat paper by August Götzfried et al Present situation in ESS Hungarian paper by Csaba Ábry Business processes in Hungary Czech paper by Ebbo Petrikovits Business processes in the Czech statistical office Supporting paper on Quality assurance system of statistical information in NSI of Mexico
The questions To what extent can GSBPM be used for managing the quality of the processes? Q 1. Model: How can GSBPM be used to manage the quality of the process? What is needed from the model? What is missing in the model?
Q 2. Role: What is the role or function of process metadata in a metadata driven business process? How can it support process integration and standardisation?
Q 3. Type: What type of process related metadata is needed Q 3. Type: What type of process related metadata is needed? Do you see a relation between these types of metadata and GSBPM?
Q 4. Quality: We have quality dimensions for the product Q 4. Quality: We have quality dimensions for the product. Do we also need to develop quality dimensions for the process?