STAF 2025
Tue 10 - Fri 13 June 2025 Koblenz, Germany
Tue 10 Jun 2025 11:30 - 12:00 at M 001 - ECMFA Session 1: Model management Chair(s): Joeri Exelmans

The complexity of industrial workflows often necessitates the use of multiple models to adequately describe systems at various levels of abstraction. However, as the number of models involved in a process increases, so too does the potential for inconsistencies between models. These inconsistencies can impede workflow completion. Despite existing methods to manage workflows, there is a lack of approaches specifically addressing the modeling of inconsistencies between different models. In this paper, we propose a method to model inconsistencies between models, using specific event types within BPMN 2.0 diagrams, leveraging existing extensions to BPMN 2.0. We applied and evaluated this method in the manufacturing industry, specifically at a precision component manufacturer. We conducted nine expert interviews, and the insights we gained have helped us to identify 13 potential inconsistencies between the models used by the manufacturer. In our evaluation, the proposed modeling approach achieved a good level of usability. Our experience report adds real-world application to this practical solution for managing inconsistencies in industrial workflows. In this way, we contribute both to the field and to the practice of model-based engineering.

Tue 10 Jun

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11:00 - 12:30
ECMFA Session 1: Model managementECMFA at M 001
Chair(s): Joeri Exelmans
11:00
30m
Talk
Variability Exploration for Decision Making: Supporting Domain Experts in Configuring Business Processes
ECMFA
Haitam El Hayani ENSIAS, Benoit Combemale University of Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, Olivier Barais University of Rennes; Inria; CNRS; IRISA, Steffen Zschaler King's College London
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11:30
30m
Talk
Enhancing Production Workflows by Leveraging BPMN to Model Inconsistencies — An Experience Report
ECMFA
Thomas Weber Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Niklas D. Kuder Daedalus GmbH, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Thomas A. Völk Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Jonas Schneider Daedalus GmbH, Sebastian Weber FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Anne Koziolek Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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12:00
30m
Talk
A Model Management Framework for Next-Generation Web-based Modeling Tools
ECMFA
David Jaeger TU Wien, Adam Lencses TU Wien, Martin Fleck EclipseSource Services GmbH, Philip Langer EclipseSource Services GmbH, Dominik Bork TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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