S-BPM Illustrated: A Storybook about Business Process Modeling and Execution

S-BPM Illustrated: A Storybook about Business Process Modeling and Execution

This book shows how subject-oriented business process management (S-BPM) and its tools can be used in order to solve communication and synchronization problems of humans and/or machines in an organization.

Publication date: 31 Dec 2013

ISBN-10: n/a

ISBN-13: 978364236903

Paperback: 144 pages

Views: 6,791

Type: Book

Publisher: Springer-Verlag GmbH

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported

Post time: 18 Nov 2016 05:00:00

S-BPM Illustrated: A Storybook about Business Process Modeling and Execution

S-BPM Illustrated: A Storybook about Business Process Modeling and Execution This book shows how subject-oriented business process management (S-BPM) and its tools can be used in order to solve communication and synchronization problems of humans and/or machines in an organization.
Tag(s): Software Engineering
Publication date: 31 Dec 2013
ISBN-10: n/a
ISBN-13: 978364236903
Paperback: 144 pages
Views: 6,791
Document Type: Book
Publisher: Springer-Verlag GmbH
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported
Post time: 18 Nov 2016 05:00:00
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Fleischmann, Raß, and Singer wrote:S-BPM stands for “subject-oriented business process management” and focuses on subjects that represent the entities (people, programs etc.) that are actively engaged in processes. S-BPM has become one of the most widely discussed approaches for process professionals. Its potential particularly lies in the integration of advanced information technology with organizational and managerial methods to foster and leverage business innovation, operational excellence and intra- and inter-organizational collaboration. Thus S-BPM can also be understood as a stakeholder-oriented and social business process management methodology.

In this book, the authors show how S-BPM and its tools can be used in order to solve communication and synchronization problems involving humans and/or machines in an organization. All the activities needed in order to implement a business process are shown step by step; it starts by analyzing the problem, continues with modeling and validating the corresponding process, and finishes off by embedding the process into the organization. The final result is a workflow that executes the process without the need for any programming. To this end, in the first step a very simple process is implemented, which is subsequently extended and improved in “adaption projects,” because additional problems have to be solved. This approach reflects the organizational reality, in which processes must always be changed and adapted to new requirements.

This is a hands-on book, written by professionals for professionals, with a clear and concise style, a wealth of illustrations (as the title suggests), and focusing on an ongoing example with a real industrial background. Readers who want to execute all the steps by themselves can simply download the S-BPM tool suite from the www.i2pm.net website.

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About The Author(s)


Albert Fleischmann is founder and scientific advisor of Metasonic AG. Prior to this role he was CEO of the company from its founding in 2004 until 2009. As a result of his work as a consultant, he has acquired many years of experience in process management. Before becoming a consultant, Albert Fleischmann worked for various international hardware manufacturers in the areas of research, service, and sales. His focus was on the development and implementation of distributed software systems and the description and implementation of business processes in particular. 

Albert Fleischmann

Albert Fleischmann is founder and scientific advisor of Metasonic AG. Prior to this role he was CEO of the company from its founding in 2004 until 2009. As a result of his work as a consultant, he has acquired many years of experience in process management. Before becoming a consultant, Albert Fleischmann worked for various international hardware manufacturers in the areas of research, service, and sales. His focus was on the development and implementation of distributed software systems and the description and implementation of business processes in particular. 


Stefan Raß has worked since 2005 as a management and IT consultant at an international consulting firm, responsible for several IT and BPM projects. He has many years of theoretical and practical experience in the field of S-BPM and is currently working on the open S-BPM project “S-BPM on Windows Workflow Foundation.”

Stefan Raß

Stefan Raß has worked since 2005 as a management and IT consultant at an international consulting firm, responsible for several IT and BPM projects. He has many years of theoretical and practical experience in the field of S-BPM and is currently working on the open S-BPM project “S-BPM on Windows Workflow Foundation.”


Robert Singer is a Professor of Business Management at the Institute of Information Management, FH JOANNEUM-University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria. From 1996 until 1998 he was the department head (production and logistics) at a manufacturing facility for Philips in Hungary. Later, he was CEO of several companies in the field of IT and business consulting and founder of a consulting firm. His research interests are in operations and business process management, socio-technical systems, and management.

Robert Singer

Robert Singer is a Professor of Business Management at the Institute of Information Management, FH JOANNEUM-University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria. From 1996 until 1998 he was the department head (production and logistics) at a manufacturing facility for Philips in Hungary. Later, he was CEO of several companies in the field of IT and business consulting and founder of a consulting firm. His research interests are in operations and business process management, socio-technical systems, and management.


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