Publish/subscribe systems are getting more and more integrated into the execution of business processes in process aware information systems. This integration enables the distribution of the process logic and increases the scalability and adaptability of the process enactment infrastructure. A...

Today, a wide variety of techniques have been proposed to model the process aspects of business processes. The problem, however, is that many of these are focused on providing a clear graphical representation of the models and give almost no support for complex verification procedures....

In this report, we discuss the use of Petri Net language theory for business process modeling. Essentially, the focus is on the opportunities of the modeling technique for analysis and verification. Semantic compatibility, as opposed to syntactic compatibility, is concerned with the...

In this paper we report on the results of a European survey on business/ICT alignment practices. The goal of this study is to come up with some practical guidelines for managers on how to strive for better alignment of ICT investments with business requirements. Based on Luftman's alignment...

The concept of variability is not new in software engineering, but current research mostly remains vague about the overall variability concept when it comes to giving a clear overview of the dimensions of variability. In this paper we evaluate the core variability concept by proposing an...

In this research report we study service coordination, which is a crucial aspect when services are combined into service-based systems (Metzger & Pohl, 2009).Coordination is not only in computer science an important research topic. It is also studied in disciplines such as organization theory,...