Business Process Change Controller for Parallel Model Transition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Business organizations face challenges in transitioning from one business process model to another, especially when ongoing process steps in the first model cannot be immediately stopped or transitioned, due to complex and interconnected processes involving multiple entities.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a system that instantiates temporary exit and entry process steps and exit transition rules, allowing for parallel operation and controlled diversion of process flows between business process models, enabling automated and efficient transition management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a business organization transitions from a first business process model to a second business process model, then the organization can adopt improved processes, but ongoing process steps in the first model cannot be immediately stopped or transitioned due to complex and interconnected processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces temporary exit process steps and temporary entry process steps as intermediary elements that facilitate the transition between the first and second business process models. These temporary steps act as mediators that allow ongoing processes to be gradually redirected from the old model to the new model without abrupt interruptions, thereby managing the complexity of transition while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements exit transition rules and entry transition rules in advance of the actual transition. These pre-configured rules define the conditions and logic for redirecting process steps from the first model to the second model, allowing the system to automatically manage the transition without ad-hoc decision-making, thereby reducing the complexity of managing the transition process.
2Reliability
If process steps of the first business process model have already executed, then the first model can maintain operational continuity, but it becomes impractical or impossible to immediately transition to the second business process model
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic transition mechanism where the system can adaptively redirect process steps from the first business process model to the second model based on real-time conditions. The temporary exit and entry process steps are dynamically activated or deactivated based on transition progress, allowing the system to maintain operational continuity while gradually reducing the time required for full transition as processes are successfully migrated.
3Productivity
If the organization immediately stops the first business process model to transition to the second, then the transition can be completed quickly, but various process steps may have already executed making it impractical or impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the transition process into individual process steps that can be independently redirected from the first business process model to the second model. Each process step can be evaluated and transitioned separately using temporary exit and entry process steps, allowing the organization to maintain reliability by keeping executing processes alive while progressively migrating them, thereby achieving both speed and reliability in the transition.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for managing a transition between business process models. A computer-implemented method includes in parallel with a first business process model, instantiating, using at least one hardware processor, a second business process model, instantiating a temporary exit process step of a set of temporary exit process steps associated with the first business process model and a temporary entry process step of a set of temporary entry process steps associated with the second business process model, coupling an exit transition rule of a set of exit transition rules associated with the first business process model to the first business process model, and activating the exit transition rule after activating the second business process model.