Discovering and optimising processes from event logs of document management systems

• Authors: Mędrek, M. , Wiechetek, Ł.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Modern information management systems are often driven by workflow engines, which require an accurate, detailed, and structured process description. Instead of theoretical modelling of such processes we propose a technique which can be a connection between traditional management (organisational structure) and business process management approach. In our work we present a case study where the automatic process mining techniques are applied to administrative processes in an environment of event logs recorded by DMS. We use event log data to discover and describe the process map of the organisation and to model structured process descriptions. Our approach allows for the extraction of models based on facts and it is a direct connection between the process model and raw data generated by the organisation. Such scenario increases consistency between the mapped model and the reality of the organisation.

Keywords

EN

workflow; process mapping; process discovering; BPD; BPMN

PL

przepływ pracy; proces mapowania; wykrywanie procesu; BPD; BPMN

• Journal: Organizacja i Zarządzanie : kwartalnik naukowy
• Year: 2017
• Volume: nr 3
• Pages: 69--82
• Physical description: Bibliogr. 20 poz.

Contributors

author

Mędrek, M.

• Management Information Systems Department, Faculty of Economics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin

author

Wiechetek, Ł.

• Management Information Systems Department, Faculty of Economics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin

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Notes

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Identifiers

DOI

10.29119/1899-6116.2017.39.6