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Using patterns is a well-known approach for increasing reusability. A pattern-based framework that lays down a foundation for capturing knowledge about business goals and processes and customizing it for specific organizations in a given domain is hence valuable. However, the problems and solutions within a domain are always changing. Consequently, such framework can be useful only if it can evolve over time. In this paper, we propose and formalize a mechanism for evolving a pattern-based framework for goal-driven business process models. We demonstrate its feasibility with an example from the patient safety domain that illustrates how to evolve a pattern family with our extension algorithm.
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Ahmadi Behnam, S., Amyot, D. (2011). Evolution of Goal-Driven Pattern Families for Business Process Modeling. In: Babin, G., Stanoevska-Slabeva, K., Kropf, P. (eds) E-Technologies: Transformation in a Connected World. MCETECH 2011. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 78. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20862-1_4
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