Um framework para mapeamento entre objetos e processos de negócios

Abstract

Information systems increasingly rely on business process models, notations, and engines to represent and execute complex business rules. However, the integration between information system components and current Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) is usually based on low-level programming interfaces that expose accidental complexities typical from business process implementations. To tackle this problem, we report in this master dissertation the design and implementation of a mapping framework -- called NextFlow -- that provides a binding between high-level business concepts and object-oriented abstractions for communication with BPMS. We also evaluate the use of NextFlow in a small-scale but representative information system, including a comparison with a second implementation of this system solely based on the standard programming interface supported by jBPM, a well-known BPMS.