1. Process and Quality metadata
Metis 2011
Session 4
Hakan Linden (Eurostat)
Max Booleman (Statistics Netherlands)

2. Content
Introduction
The papers
The discussion topics

3. Introduction Ex ante (design phase) Ex post (production phase)
Conceptual
Process
Product quality
Process quality

4. Introduction Ex ante (design phase) Ex post (production phase)
Conceptual
Process
Product quality
Process quality

5. 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 

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

11. 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?