OOBIS: An Object-Oriented Approach to Business Process Redesign and IS Requirement Analysis

Abstract

We suggest an object oriented modeling procedure and its language for business process modeling, OOBIS (Object Oriented Approach to Business Process Redesign and IS Requirement Analysis). OOBIS aims to provide a practical object-oriented procedure for business process redesign, which takes full advantages of existing useful modeling languages. We adopt many useful diagrams and concepts from many prior methodologies. One distinctive feature of OOBIS is that it is an incremental modeling by means of object classification. In OOBIS, objects are classified into three categories: active, static, and information system object. OOBIS also defines stages and activities for incremental modeling of objects. Three kinds of process maps are used as the main tool of OOBIS: active object process map (AO map), business object process map (BO map), an business object and information system object process map (BOIS map). At the first stage of analysis, active objects in the business process are captured using the AO map. Next, BO map is constructed with business objects, which includes both active and static objects. Finally, information system objects are defined and CO map emerges as the redesigned business process. We give an overview of OOBIS, summarize some baseline principles of OOBIS, give a brief definition of OOBIS terminology, and give the procedure for OOBIS