Applicability of Business Process Model Analysis Approaches – A Case Study in Financial Services Consulting

The analysis of business process models gains more and more atten- tion in IS research. Several analysis approaches have been developed. All of them provide different features, such as syntax checking or pattern recognition. This paper investigates the applicability and relevance of business process model analysis approaches using a case study from financial services consult- ing. Two research contributions are provided. First, an overview about common model analysis features and its relevance for consulting processes are provided. Second, the applicability of the automatic business process model analysis ap- proaches is investigated. Results show that the majority of features can raise ef- ficiency of analyses in business process reengineering projects.