Model-driven Generation of a BPMS Portal Based on Interaction Flow Modeling Language Models

In any organization, the use of default web applications that come with their software infrastructure, e.g., a Business Process Management Systems (BPMS), is the best option in many cases, if they fulfill the requirements of such organization. However, there are some cases in which it would be desirable for an organization to be able to develop or to integrate their own user web portal with the legacy infrastructure. In previous work we have proposed a generic BPMS user portal which can be integrated with potentially any process engine for the execution of business processes. The main objective of this paper is to provide an experience report on the use of the Interaction Flow Modeling Language and the Model-Driven-Engineering approach for the generation of such BPMS portal. In particular, we discuss the potential of plain IFML (i.e., the standard definition without platform-specific extensions) for the specification of a front-end, as well as some open issues behind its use for the automatic generation of the BPMS portal in a target platform. Keywords-Business Process Management Systems; Interaction Flow Modeling Language; Model-Driven-Engineering