Der Ansatz des Semantischen Objektmodells (SOM) zur Modellierung von Geschäftsprozessen

The paper presents the methodical principles of business process modeling using the Semantic Object Model (SOM). The entire modeling approach of the Semantic Object Model (SOM approach) comprises layers for the enterprise plan, for business processes, and for application systems. Business processes are interpreted as procedures to carry out the enterprise plan. Application systems are interpreted as one of the resources for executing business processes. Based on an integrated meta model, the SOM approach supports a semi-formal modeling technique using object-oriented and transaction-oriented paradigms.