Abstract
In order to directly involve stakeholders in socio-technical system design, we argue for streamlining executable process specifications with business process modeling. Due to current agility requirements of organizations, socio-technical system development is considered one of the key activities of members of the organizations. Dynamic process adaptation enable handling the volatility of business operation and IT infrastructure. Subject-oriented process representations are key enablers to dynamic adaptation due to their capability for stakeholders to create directly executable models. In this way stakeholder can be involved in change management pro-actively. Subject-oriented models (i) represent all relevant features required for system control and decision making, and (ii) are executable on demand. This effectiveness enables organizational change in a creative and efficient way, while establishing innovative design and change management tools. Subject-oriented Business Process Management capabilities are reflected in this realm revealing benefits and potential for further research.
Highlights
The current situation in business can be characterized as volatile and highly dynamic, both, on the level of IT infrastructures, and business operation
In order to directly involve stakeholders in socio-technical system design, we argue for streamlining executable process specifications with business process modeling
Dynamic process adaptation enable handling the volatility of business operation and IT infrastructure
Summary
The current situation in business (and society) can be characterized as volatile and highly dynamic, both, on the level of IT infrastructures, and business operation. Once models become intelligible likewise for software developers and affected stakeholders while containing the relevant control information, modeling techniques incorporate programming (language) constructs cf [13] These constructs lay ground for the direct execution of models, and dynamic adaptation of processes by stakeholders. Ben Shneiderman in his work on human needs and computing technology inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s (1452-1519) has emphasized integrative capabilities on science (scientific outlook), engineering (practical technologies), and arts (artistic skills) He considers human-centeredness to be the ultimate design goal in system development cf [14], which reads in view of stakeholder-oriented process agility as follows: Human needs are drivers of innovations - stakeholders need to be provided with proper means of articulation and interactive experience, such as executable process notations, to (co-)develop socio-technical systems.
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