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Empirical Research is becoming increasingly important for understanding the practical uses and problems with business processes technology in the 􀀌eld. However, no standardization on how to report observations and 􀀌ndings exists. This sometimes leads to research outcomes which report partial or incomplete data and make published results of replicated studies on di􀀋erent data sets hard to compare. In order to help the research community improve reporting on business process models and collections and their characteristics, this paper de􀀌nes a modular template with the aim of reports' standardization, which could also facilitate the creation of shared business process repositories to foster further empirical research in the future. The template has been positively evaluated by representatives from both BPM research and industry. The survey feedback has been incorporated in the template. We have applied the template to describe a real-world executable WS-BPEL process collection, measured from a static and dynamic perspective.  \nKeywords: Empirical Research 􀀁 Meta-data Template 􀀁 Business Process 􀀁 Business Process Description 􀀁 Business Process Metrics  \n1 Introduction  \nEmpirical Research in the 􀀌eld of Business Process Management follows the increasingly wide adoption of Business Process Modeling practices and Business Process Execution technologies [9,17] . The validation of theoretical research, the transfer between academia and industry, and the quest for new research perspectives are all supported by empirical research, e.g. , experiments, case studies, and surveys.  \nThe goal of empirical research is to 􀀌nd repeatable results, i.e., observations that can be replicated thus providing results that can be combined and built upon. The more data points are available, the higher the signi􀀌cance of a study. One way to increase the number of data points is to perform meta-studies that combine results from multiple researchers (e.g., [14]) . While this is common in other disciplines, such as ecology or medicine, business process-related data is usually not published in a comparable nor reusable way.  \nAdditionally, the access to industry data is often restricted due to con􀀌dentiality requirements. Thus, publication of data sets must be done in an aggregated and/or anonymized manner.  \nTo improve the reporting of empirical research concerning business processes, we propose a template that can be used to characterize processes in terms of their meta-data and (if applicable) their static and dynamic properties, without revealing con􀀌dential details. For example, business process models are used fordi􀀋erent modeling purposes such as discussion, analysis, simulation, or execution. Processes are modeled using di􀀋erent languages (e.g., BPMN, BPEL, EPC) . Process models also vary in terms of their size and structural complexity, which can be determined depending on the actual modeling language used to represent them.  \nThe goal of the proposed template is to a) give readers the opportunity to \\get a feeling\" of a process (collection), and b) allow researchers to build ontop of existing research by ensuring the presence of meta-data with well-de􀀌ned semantics. Since, to the best of our knowledge, no such classi􀀌cation exists, in this paper we make an initial top-down proposal, intended as a starting point for extending and re􀀌ning the template together with the research community.  \nIn order to improve the reporting of research related to business process model collections (e.g., [6,20] as a starting point), we propose a set of meta-data described in tabular form. The meta-data template can be extended with other tables. For such ex","cbCaikUfgtqEVXu0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikUfgtqEVXu0","pdf",624225,"English","# Introduction\n## Motivation\n# Goal and Approach\n## Template for Meta-data and Metrics\n# Validation and Application\n## Survey and Case Study","[{\"question\":\"Why is standardization needed in empirical research on business process management?\",\"answer\":\"Because observations and findings are often reported partially or incompletely, which makes results from replicated studies on different data sets difficult to compare.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the proposed template standardize?\",\"answer\":\"It standardizes reporting by characterizing business processes in terms of their metadata and, when applicable, their static and dynamic properties without exposing confidential details.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the template validated in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"Validation combines survey feedback from BPM research and industry representatives with an industry case study applying the template to a real executable process collection.\"}]","A Template for Categorizing Business Processes in Empirical Research | PDF",1789167922,6]