Detailed Information on Publication Record
2024
BPMS Blockchain Technology Soft Integration For Non-tamperable Logging
LOEBBECKE, Johannes, Thomas VAN LOO, Jürgen MANGLER, Zhendong MA, Tomáš PITNER et. al.Basic information
Original name
BPMS Blockchain Technology Soft Integration For Non-tamperable Logging
Authors
LOEBBECKE, Johannes (276 Germany, guarantor), Thomas VAN LOO (276 Germany), Jürgen MANGLER (40 Austria), Zhendong MA (276 Germany), Tomáš PITNER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Stefanie RINDERLE-MA
Edition
1. vyd. Cham, Di Ciccio, C., et al. Business Process Management: Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, Central and Eastern European, Educators and Industry Forum. BPM 2024. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 527, p. 106-120, 15 pp. 2024
Publisher
Springer
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
10200 1.2 Computer and information sciences
Country of publisher
Austria
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
Organization unit
Faculty of Informatics
ISBN
978-3-031-70444-4
Keywords in English
BPMS;Non-Tamperable Logging;Hyperledger Fabric;Processes and Mining;Blockchain Technology Integration
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 5/9/2024 12:02, prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
In contemporary business process management (BPM), the need for secure and transparent interactions between organizations is paramount. Integrating business process management systems (BPMS) with blockchain technology can offer protection against malicious actors and increase trust, e.g., in process mining results, by allowing organizations to share execution traces and associated information. However, hard integration approaches, which we define as execution of processes on the blockchain as smart contracts, have not found widespread application. A hard integration approach, e.g., by utilizing a BPMN to solidity compiler as Caterpillar, has a high barrier of entry since it requires a company to restructure its infrastructure and processes, especially pertaining to potential immutability of smart contracts, and the integration of outside information through oracles. In this work, we instead want to explore a soft integration approach, which allows companies to continue using their existing BPMS infrastructure and integrate blockchain technologies without having to change the overall architecture of the system. The goal is to produce distributed non-tamperable logs, created through the use of private blockchains, serving as basis for compliance checking and, thus, secure and trustworthy execution. In this work, we present two soft integration approaches, which are discussed, implemented, and evaluated regarding their integration complexity and performance. The results suggest that a soft integration approach of blockchain technology can enhance the reliability and traceability of existing BPM systems with low integration effort, thus pointing towards a path for high acceptance within organizations.