Business Process Modelling in Design Science Paradigm

Abstract

Current challenges in design science research aim for consisting and detailed phases to guide design science researchers to manage projects in the information systems field. By having taken this challenge, we present a reference model, which serves as the foundation to structure information in construction of business process model in design science research. It contains activities responsible for literature review, collaboration with practitioners, and information-modelling. In this paper we focus on the modelling facet to answer a question of how to construct a business process while being invented or created. This is especially applicable when the desired processes do not or only partly exist in organizations. The contribution of the paper is that application of the modelling activities in the context of design science supports the quality of design science artefacts, and provides design science researchers with choices of techniques.