Introducing Configurability into Scenario-Based Specification of Business Processes.

Process model configuration is an approach to model highly similar variants of a process. In a configurable process model, events can be hidden or blocked to characterize variants. However, it may be difficult to model large processes consisting of many interacting units. To this end, one may use scenario-based specification, specifying the process in comprehensible, reoccurring parts that describe interactional behavior. In this paper, we take a look at how configurability and scenario-based specification could be merged in one approach. We particularly focus on the impact of permitting events in scenarios to be hidden or blocked.