Object-centric process management: A research manifesto
Information Systems, vol. 141, pp. 102728
Abstract
Business process management employs process models and event logs to represent the behavior of the information systems under study. Traditional case-centric notions consider the order of activities and events in isolated process instances. The emerging field of object-centric processes challenges this assumption by putting objects in the center. Object-centric process mining and modeling approaches identify the structure of co-evolving data objects that influence the behavior of an information system to provide a comprehensive view of the system behavior. Object-centricity has been investigated independently in process modeling and in process mining, which resulted in the coexistence of seemingly contradictory assumptions and definitions. As a community effort, this research manifesto relates and aligns existing terminologies, definitions, and perspectives to provide a common ground for current and future research in object-centric business process management. Based on the current state of research, we propose a conceptualization that sets process models and event logs in relation to the information system’s behavior and the execution data it generates. The conceptualization aims at aligning different terminologies and, thus, providing a basis to model and analyze behavioral characteristics. Building on this common ground, we identify open research challenges along the most relevant research areas in object-centric process management. For each research area, its current status is investigated and an outline of the most relevant research challenges is presented.
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Anjo Seidel corresponding
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Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Postdam, Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße 2-3, Potsdam, 14482, Germany
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Mathias Weske corresponding
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Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Postdam, Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße 2-3, Potsdam, 14482, Germany
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Marco Montali corresponding
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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Andrey Rivkin corresponding
Technical University of Denmark
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Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Manfred Reichert corresponding
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Ulm University, Germany
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Jan Martijn E. M. van der Werf corresponding
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Wil M. P. van der Aalst Aachen
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RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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Ulm University, Germany
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Lukas Liß Aachen
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RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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Jan Niklas van Detten Aachen
York University · RWTH Aachen University
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RWTH Aachen University, Germany
York University, Canada
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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Linköping University, Sweden
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Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Postdam, Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße 2-3, Potsdam, 14482, Germany
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Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Postdam, Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Straße 2-3, Potsdam, 14482, Germany
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Technical University of Munich
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Technical University of Munich, Germany
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University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
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University of Haifa, Israel
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Universita di Camerino, Italy
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Universidad ORT, Uruguay
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Universidad de la República de Uruguay
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Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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Sander J. J. Leemans Aachen
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RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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KU Leuven, Belgium
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University of Twente, The Netherlands
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Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento · University of Lisbon · Instituto Superior Técnico
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INESC-ID/Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
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Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
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Technical University of Denmark
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Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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National Research University Higher School of Economics
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HSE University, Moscow, Russia
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Universita di Camerino, Italy
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Technical University of Denmark
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Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Universita di Camerino, Italy
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Universita di Camerino, Italy
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Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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KU Leuven, Belgium
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Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany)
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SAP SE, Germany
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University Klagenfurt, Austria
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Technical University of Munich
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Technical University of Munich, Germany
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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University of Melbourne, Australia
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University of Trento, Italy
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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Universitat Politècnica de València
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Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
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Camunda Services GmbH, Germany
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Technische Universität Wien, Austria
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Technical University of Denmark
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Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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KU Leuven, Belgium
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University of Padova, Italy
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Hasselt University, The Netherlands
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia
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University of Tartu, Estonia
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Celonis SE, Germany
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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York University, Canada
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