Process-Centric Architecture for Enterprise Software Systems

Chapter 5

Components of PCA

5.1 Objectives

■  To understand the components of PCA in detail

■  To understand the concept of business process model and modeling in detail

■  To appreciate the need for high-level business and extended technical level business process modeling

■  To differentiate between an abstract and a concrete business process model

■  To learn the principles related to process modeling

■  To learn the techniques related to process modeling

■  To understand the relevance of process architecture

■  To understand the concept of services

■  To learn the principles behind making process definitions executable

5.2 The Business Process Model

The process model is the core element of this architectural style. It ...