NDLI: Exception Handling Patterns for Process Modeling

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Lerner, B.S. Christov, S. Osterweil, L.J. Bendraou, R. Kannengiesser, U. Wise, A.
Copyright Year	1976
Abstract	Process modeling allows for analysis and improvement of processes that coordinate multiple people and tools working together to carry out a task. Process modeling typically focuses on the normative process, that is, how the collaboration transpires when everything goes as desired. Unfortunately, real-world processes rarely proceed that smoothly. A more complete analysis of a process requires that the process model also include details about what to do when exceptional situations arise. We have found that, in many cases, there are abstract patterns that capture the relationship between exception handling tasks and the normative process. Just as object-oriented design patterns facilitate the development, documentation, and maintenance of object-oriented programs, we believe that process patterns can facilitate the development, documentation, and maintenance of process models. In this paper, we focus on the exception handling patterns that we have observed over many years of process modeling. We describe these patterns using three process modeling notations: UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams, BPMN, and Little-JIL. We present both the abstract structure of the pattern as well as examples of the pattern in use. We also provide some preliminary statistical survey data to support the claim that these patterns are found commonly in actual use and discuss the relative merits of the three notations with respect to their ability to represent these patterns.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) IEEE Computer Society
Starting Page	162
Ending Page	183
Page Count	22
File Size	3202034
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00985589
Volume Number	36
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-03-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Object oriented modeling Documentation Humans Pattern analysis Collaborative work Unified modeling language Collaboration Data processing Manufacturing processes Medical services process modeling languages. Exception handling patterns process modeling
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Software

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