Busines Process Management
In Practice: Improving Quality
Through a Joint Academia –
Industry Effort
Rafael Montes - TimeProcess
Oscar Pastor – PROS- UPV
Agenda
1. PROS
2. TimeProcess
3. TecnoGram: A Joint Challenge
What is PROS?
PROS = Research Center on Software Production
Methods
A specialized research institute of the
Universitat Politècnica de València
+ 50 Researchers: Working on the study and creation of new processes,
methods and strategies in order to support the software production process
from a rigorous, reliable and industrial-oriented perspective.
What is PROS? Mission and
vision
Mission
“To improve software production methods, providing
model-driven methods and testing techniques to
develop high-quality software in a systematic and
productive way”
Vision
“To reach the highest level of excellence in research on
Model-Driven Development of Industrial Software
and to become a leading center of reference with great
impact on economic and social development at the
regional, national and international level.
What is PROS? Our Objectives
 To make research excellence productive by leading a high-quality
technology transfer that promotes the creation of technologyoriented companies
 To develop Information Systems Engineering and to extend the
application of Model-driven Software development to several
domains (Organizational Systems, Bioinformatics, Ambient
Intelligence, Ubiquitous Computing, Software Testing, Business
Pproject Management and Web Engineering)
 To train the best researchers in the Pros research areas with the
goal of promoting research excellence
 To lead and participate in research projects of great relevance
 To promote the dissemination of Software Engineering in the
academic research community as well as in industry and society
 5 Research Groups with21 PhD
 16 Full-time lecturers + 5 external lecturers
 37 Researchers (Hired and Grant Holders)
TOTAL: 53 members (+ 7 external collaborators)
R&D Groups
Director
Oscar
Pastor
R&D manager
Ana Cidad
19
Web Tecnologies
and AmI
Vicente Pelechano
4
Databases
Matilde Celma
20
HCI and
Bioinformatics
Oscar Pastor
Software 6
Quality and
Testing
Tanja Vos
Our research: overview
Technologically
independent
Models
Code
Generation
User
Interfaces
Web
Abstraction
Methods
Model
Transformation
Information
BPM and Software
Ubicomp
Databases
Quality Bioinformatics
Systems
PM
REQUIREMENTS
ENGINEERING
COMPUTATION
INDEPENDENT MODEL
SW SYSTEM
ANALYSIS
PLATFORM INDEPENDENT
MODEL
SW SYSTEM
DESIGN
PLATFORM SPECIFIC
MODEL
-
ABSTRACTION LEVEL +
Model-driven
Model-driven
architecture
development
IMPLEMENTATION
CODE
MODEL
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Our Research: Research Areas
 Model-driven development (MDD) and automatic code
generation
 Human-Computer Interaction
 Method Engineering
 Process Management
 Business Process Modeling, Enterprise Alignment
and Requirements Engineering
 Web Engineering
 Ambient Intelligence
 Genomic Information Systems
 Software Quality and Testing
TimeProcess + PROS = TechnoGram


The practice: a succesful Process Management tool
The theory: applying sound Information Systems for constructing an
effective and efficient PM tool

The question/problem: How to improve the quality of an industrial PM tool?

The “Joint” Solution: TecnoGram!!!
 Ontological Commitment: Improved Process Model Abstractions
 Advanced User Interfaces design and implementation for creating and
visualizing Process Model Abstractions
 Metamodeling for effective tool support
 MDD techniques for assessing correctness between concepts and
software representations
 Advanced process data management and High-performance query
environments
La Empresa
Orígenes, Promotores, Misión
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Pilares en los se basa nuestra estructura
PrinciaTech, Negocio existente, PROS, TimeProcess
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MODELLING
SYSTEMATIC
TECHNIQUES
APPROACH
OFFER!!!
METHODOLOGICAL
TAKE 3, PAYGUIDANCE
2
Motivation
YET ANOTHER
CRITERIA
METHOD
NICE & CHEAP
Thanks!
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