Tracing Links Between Business Processes and Software Systems

Lerina Aversano and Maria Tortorella
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Lerina Aversano: Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
Maria Tortorella: Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS), 2013, vol. 5, issue 2, 46-64

Abstract: The traceability links existing between a business process and the supporting software systems s is a critical concern for the organizations, as it directly affects their performance. Methodologies and tools are needed for detecting these kinds of relationships and keeping an evidence of the existing connections. This paper proposes an approach for modelling a business processes evidencing the links existing between their activities and the components of the supporting software systems. The approach described in this paper is concerned with the use of information retrieval techniques to software maintenance and, in particular, to the problem of recovering traceability links between the business process models and the components of the supporting software system. An information retrieval approach is introduced based on two processing phases including syntactic and semantic analysis. The application of the approach is explored through a case study.

Date: 2013
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