Tools for Collaborative Business Process Modeling

Kobu, 2002). An enterprise can be then analyzed and integrated through its business processes. Thus, business process modeling (BPM) becomes a fundamental part of business process management, as it enables a common understanding and analysis of a company’s business processes. Particularly, BPM using computer-aided design tools and a standard visual form of notation to describe, validate, and simulate business processes has taken on a new importance (Jonah, 2002). There are a number of situations when BPM should be accomplished by many participants from different locations. One example may be the formation a virtual enterprise (VE), since all organizations within the VE