An Evaluation Framework for Business Process Modeling Techniques

There are numerous Business Process Modeling Techniques (BPMTs) that capture the Business Process; each with different perspectives, capabilities, features and limitations. In addition, there is no one single Modeling Technique that’s suitable for all Business Processes in the organizations. Difficulties arise when the stockholders have to select the right Model for their Business Process. Moreover, selecting an unsuitable modeling technique will lead to some obstacles e.g. defect in describing the Process as a real world, increase the complexity, decrease the understandability and communication, consuming the time, and inefficient execution, all these obstacles lead to an inability to achieve the expected goals. The main goal of this paper is to develop an evaluation framework for the Business Process Modeling Techniques, in order to help in selecting the most suitable Modeling Technique for each Business Process. The evaluation Framework has been developed based on two main phases; the first phase focuses on understanding and analyzing a specific Business Process needs, and the second phase aims to match the Business Process needs with the characteristics of the BPMTs, in order to find the suitable Modeling Technique