ChOrDa: a methodology for the modeling of business processes with BPMN

TL;DR

This paper introduces ChOrDa, a BPMN modeling methodology that simplifies collaborative process diagram creation and enables automated skeleton diagram generation, demonstrated through an international patenting process case study.

Contribution

It presents a novel BPMN modeling methodology with an automated diagram generation tool, improving efficiency and clarity in complex business process modeling.

Findings

Successful application to an international patenting process

Automated creation of skeleton process diagrams

Enhanced collaboration in BPMN modeling

Abstract

In this paper we present a modeling methodology for BPMN, the standard notation for the representation of business processes. Our methodology simplifies the development of collaborative BPMN diagrams, enabling the automated creation of skeleton process diagrams representing complex choreographies. To evaluate and tune the methodology, we have developed a tool supporting it, that we apply to the modeling of an international patenting process as a working example.