Analyse a priori de l'impact du changement des processus métiers

The permanent evolution of information systems is essential for the companies to better fulfill the requirements of their different stakeholders. This necessitates the new changes to be adapted in the existing data, application and process models. In this context, business processes play a critical role in the definition and management of information systems. These must be equipped with a mechanism monitoring and managing the effects of the changes induced by this evolution. This requires an exhaustive understanding of concerned changes, their causes, the application levels of these changes, and their impact on other processes along with current running instances. The major objective of this paper is a part of the change management of business processes. More precisely, we propose a rule based approach to allow an a priori change impact analysis of business processes. The goal is to help designers and business experts to predict the risk of intended changes and the effort required for their implementation. MOTS-CLÉS: modèle de processus métier ; analyse de l’impact des changements ; relation de