open access publication

Article, 2023

The biggest business process management problems to solve before we die

Computers in Industry, ISSN 0166-3615, 1872-6194, Volume 146, Page 103837, 10.1016/j.compind.2022.103837

Contributors

Beerepoot, Iris 0000-0002-6301-9329 (Corresponding author) [1] Di Ciccio, Claudio 0000-0001-5570-0475 (Corresponding author) [2] Reijers, Hajo Alexander 0000-0001-9634-5852 (Corresponding author) [1] Rinderle-Ma, Stefanie (Corresponding author) [3] Bandara, Wasana 0000-0003-2785-7859 [4] Burattin, Andrea 0000-0002-0837-0183 [5] Calvanese, Diego 0000-0001-5174-9693 [6] Chen, Tianwa 0000-0002-5135-0313 [7] Cohen, Izack 0000-0002-6775-3256 [8] Depaire, Benoît 0000-0003-4735-0609 [9] Di Federico, Gemma 0000-0002-2487-1164 [5] Dumas, Marlon [10] Van Dun, Christopher Gerhard Johannes 0000-0002-4317-8592 [11] Fehrer, Tobias 0000-0002-8798-5724 [12] Fischer, Dominik Andreas 0000-0002-5218-6463 [11] Gal, Avigdor 0000-0002-7028-661X [13] Indulska, Marta 0000-0002-2156-4097 [7] Isahagian, Vatche [14] Klinkmüller, Christopher [15] Kratsch, Wolfgang 0000-0001-9815-0653 [12] Leopold, Henrik [16] Van Looy, Amy 0000-0002-7992-1528 [17] López, Hugo-Andrés 0000-0001-5162-7936 [5] Lukumbuzya, Sanja [18] Mendling, Jan 0000-0002-7260-524X [19] Meyers, Lara [20] Moder, Linda [11] Montali, Marco 0000-0002-8021-3430 [6] Muthusamy, Vinod [14] Reichert, Manfred [21] Rizk, Yara 0000-0001-6894-7653 [14] Rosemann, Michael [4] Röglinger, Maximilian [11] Sadiq, Shazia Wasim 0000-0001-6739-4145 [7] Seiger, Ronny 0000-0003-1675-2592 [22] Slaats, Tijs [23] Šimkus, Mantas 0000-0003-0632-0294 [18] Someh, Ida Asadi 0000-0002-6464-795X [7] Weber, Barbara [22] Weber, Ingo M 0000-0002-4833-5921 [3] [24] Weske, Mathias [25] Zerbato, Francesca 0000-0001-7797-4602 [22]

Affiliations

  1. [1] Utrecht University
  2. [NORA names: Netherlands; Europe, EU; OECD];
  3. [2] Sapienza University of Rome
  4. [NORA names: Italy; Europe, EU; OECD];
  5. [3] Technical University of Munich
  6. [NORA names: Germany; Europe, EU; OECD];
  7. [4] Queensland University of Technology
  8. [NORA names: Australia; Oceania; OECD];
  9. [5] Technical University of Denmark
  10. [NORA names: DTU Technical University of Denmark; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];

Abstract

It may be tempting for researchers to stick to incremental extensions of their current work to plan future research activities. Yet there is also merit in realizing the grand challenges in one’s field. This paper presents an overview of the nine major research problems for the Business Process Management discipline. These challenges have been collected by an open call to the community, discussed and refined in a workshop setting, and described here in detail, including a motivation why these problems are worth investigating. This overview may serve the purpose of inspiring both novice and advanced scholars who are interested in the radical new ideas for the analysis, design, and management of work processes using information technology.

Keywords

activity, advanced scholars, analysis, business, business process management discipline, challenges, community, design, disciplines, extension, ideas, incremental extension, information, information technology, management, management discipline, management of work processes, management problems, motivation, new ideas, novice, overview, plan future research activities, problem, process, process management problems, radical new ideas, research, research activities, research problem, scholars, sets, technology, work processes, workshop, workshop setting

Funders

  • FWF Austrian Science Fund

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