A Discourse on Complexity of Process Models

Complexity has undesirable effects on, among others, the correctness, maintainability, and understandability of business process models. Yet, measuring complexity of business process models is a rather new area of research with only a small number of contributions. In this paper, we survey findings from neighboring disciplines on how complexity can be measured. In particular, we gather insight from software engineering, cognitive science, and graph theory, and discuss in how far analogous metrics can be defined on business process models.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: BPM
• Authors: Jorge Cardoso, Jan Mendling, Gustaf Neumann, Hajo A. Reijers
• Keywords: BPM 2006, Business, Business Process Models, Small Number, Undesirable Effects