1. How Context-aware Technologies Influence Business Process Management
Xiaohui Zhao, University of Canberra

2. Dr. Xiaohui Zhao University of Canberra, Australia
Worked in New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Japan
TechNZ Grant from New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation
Business Process Modelling
Integration of BPM into RFID-enabled Applications
Flexible Service Delivery

3. Business Process Management
2000
Document flow (OA)
ERP
CBP
(B2B, B2C)
Implicit process
EAI
SCM
VOA
Intra-organisation
Inter-organisation
Static
Dynamic
hardcoded business logic
isolated functional units
model driven process design
Service oriented architecture, rule driven process automation
U$ 1.065B, 2005
U$ 5.3B, 2017
By Global Industry Analysts
1 of Gartner’s top 3 strategic technologies (2008)
Standardise and automate business process operations
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4. Context-awareness Technology
Traffic Control
Sensor-enabled awareness to the contextual information, such as time, temperature, humidity, consumption of food, vehicle locations, etc., subject to application domains.
Smart Appliances
Intelligent Wheeled Chair
Building Automation
Self-Switch on/off ATM
Real-Time Supply Chain Management

5. What if context-aware BPM?
Highly personalised service(eLearning, tourism, etc.)
Context-aware BPM
Adaptable and evolving process definition
Active execution according to perceived changes
Application of business intelligence at operation level
BPM present
Energy, material-efficient operations (production, etc.)
Business logic and control pre-fixed at build time
Reactive execution under BP engine
Business intelligence stays at decision making level
Reliable planning, business continuity (SCM)
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6. Challenges / Research Topics
Define the context for business processes
Definition of evolving business processes and business process evolution
Innovative business rule definition
Management over evolving business process
Execution of such flexible business processes
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7. How and Where to Start Define context information for BPs
Ontology, SBVR, conversion of context events into business events [4, 5, 6]
Define context information for BPs
Perception and reaction mechanisms
Instance level process tracking and revision
Version control over evolving BPs
Extensions to BP modelling languages
ECA Rules, Artifact-centric [8, 9]
Process change operations according to change patterns [2, 3, 7]
Version preserving graph, Version tree/page/space [1]
Context awareness extensions to BPMN and BPEL
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8. Reference List Xiaohui Zhao, Uni .of Canberra
[1] X. Zhao and C. Liu, Version Management for Business Process Schema Evolution. Information Systems, 38(8). pp Elsevier
[2] J. Xu, C. Liu, X. Zhao, and Z. Ding, Incorporating Structural Improvement into Resource Allocation for Business Process Execution Planning, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 25(3), pp , Wiley.
[3] X. Zhao, C. Liu, Y. Yang, and W. Sadiq, CorPN: Managing Instance Correspondence in Collaborative Business Processes, Distributed and Parallel Database. 29(4), pp Springer Publisher.
[4] X. Zhao, C. Liu, and T. Lin, Incorporating Business Logics into RFID-enabled Applications, Information Processing & Management. 48(1), pp Elsevier Publisher.
[5] X. Zhao, C. Liu, and T. Lin, Incorporating Business Process Management into RFID-enabled Application Systems, Business Process Management Journal. Vol 16(6), pp Emerald Publisher.
[6] X. Zhao, and C. Liu, Steering Dynamic Collaborations between Business Processes, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol 40 (4), pp
[7] X. Zhao and J. Campbell, Towards Connecting Online Interfacing and Core Business Processes, Australasian Conference on Information Systems(ACIS 2013). Melbourne, Australia.
[8] S. Yongchareon, C. Liu, and X. Zhao,A Framework for Behavior-Consistent Specialization of Artifact- Centric Business Processes, International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2012). pp Tallinn, Estonia.
[9] S. Yongchareon, C. Liu, and X. Zhao, An Artifact-centric View-based Approach to Modeling Inter- organizational Business Processes, International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE 2011). pp Sydney, Australia.
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