Modeling Business Processes in web Applications: An Analysis Framework

The addition of business processes to modem web applications entails new challenges to be faced when developing them, hence the need for suitable methodologies to be adopted in the design phase. In response to this need, most of the design methodologies for web application available in the literature include a proper solution. In this paper we propose a framework for analyzing and comparing web application design methodologies with regard to their support for modeling business processes. The analysis framework has proved to be useful for assessing the ability of each considered methodology to deal with the design of business processes in web applications. The framework also provides suggestions on how to possibly enhance a given methodology.