On the Capabilities of BPMN for Workflow Activity Patterns Representation

This paper provides a complete version of the Workflow Activity Patterns (WAP) in the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) as well as an extended evaluation of the capabilities of BPMN and their strengths and weaknesses when being utilizing for representing WAPs. When implementing the activity patterns in existing Business Process Modeling tools, it is fundamental to represent them in BPMN. This representation may facilitate the adoption of the WAPs by BPMN tools as well as the use of the WAPs in process design.Fil: Thom, Lucinéia Heloisa. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil. Laboratoire D'informatique de Grenoble;Fil: Lazarte, Ivanna Maricruz. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional; ArgentinaFil: Iochpe, Cirano. Laboratoire D'informatique de Grenoble;Fil: Priego, Luz-Maria. Laboratoire D'informatique de Grenoble;Fil: Verdier, Christine. Laboratoire D'informatique de Grenoble;Fil: Chiotti, Omar Juan Alfredo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo y Diseño. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Santa Fe. Instituto de Desarrollo y Diseño; ArgentinaFil: Villarreal, Pablo David. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional; Argentin