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In this article we propose an approach to business process management which meets the demands of business process evolution. This approach allows for on-the-fly modifications of business processes. In contrast to many other approaches, we do not only concentrate on activities to be carried out in business processes, but also on the data created and manipulated by these activities. We propose to apply data model analysis and improvement strategies well-known from the information system field in the context of business process management.
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Gruhn, V., Pahl, C., Wever, M. (1995). Data model evolution as a basis of business process management. In: Papazoglou, M.P. (eds) OOER '95: Object-Oriented and Entity-Relationship Modeling. ER 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1021. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020539
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