Addressing Inter-Organisational Process Flexibility using Versions: the VP2M Approach
Process flexibility has been investigated in depth in
the context of intra-organisational processes, but it is still an open
issue when processes cross the boundaries of companies. In this
paper, we address the modelling of flexible inter-organisational
processes using a version-based approach. Indeed, versions are
known to be a powerful technique to deal with variability,
evolution and adaptation of processes, which are the three main
needs of process flexibility. More precisely, this paper presents
VP2M (Version of Process Meta-Model), a meta-model
supporting the modelling of versions of inter-organisational
processes, addressing both static and dynamic aspects of VP2M.
It also illustrates process version modelling within the Subsea
Pipeline process example.