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Towards an Interdisciplinary Development of IoT-Enhanced Business Processes

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  • Pedro Valderas

    (VRAIN Institute, Universitat Politècnica de València)

  • Victoria Torres

    (VRAIN Institute, Universitat Politècnica de València)

  • Estefanía Serral

    (LIRIS)

Abstract

IoT-enhanced Business Processes make use of sensors and actuators to carry out the process tasks and achieve a specific goal. One of the most important difficulties in the development of IoT-enhanced BPs is the interdisciplinarity that is demanded by this type of project. Defining an interdisciplinary tool-supported development approach that facilitates the collaboration of different professionals, with a special focus on three main facets: business process requirements, interoperability between IoT devices and BPs, and low-level data processing. The study followed a Design Science Research methodology for information systems that consists of a 6-step process: (1) problem identification and motivation; (2) define the objectives for a solution; (3) design and development; (4) demonstration; (5) evaluation; and (6) communication. The paper presents an interdisciplinary development process to support the creation of IoT-enhanced BPs by applying the Separation of Concerns principle. A collaborative development environment is built to provide each professional with the tools required to accomplish her/his development responsibilities. The approach is successfully validated through a case-study evaluation. The evaluation allows to conclude that the proposed development process and the supporting development environment are effective to face the interdisciplinary nature of IoT-enhanced BPs.

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  • Pedro Valderas & Victoria Torres & Estefanía Serral, 2023. "Towards an Interdisciplinary Development of IoT-Enhanced Business Processes," Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Springer;Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), vol. 65(1), pages 25-48, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:binfse:v:65:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s12599-022-00770-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s12599-022-00770-y
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