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This paper outlines some major problems in software process modelling. The first is the terminology and language problem: there is still no accepted consensus among the process modelling community about a common terminology or appropriate modelling languages. Next we present the type-instance problem: process models are usually given on a type level, whereas activities are carried out on an instance level. Then we point out reflexivity as an inherent problem, followed by a brief discussion of process model dynamics. Finally there is a strong lack of appropriate process standards.
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Starke, G. (1994). Why is process modelling so difficult?. In: Warboys, B.C. (eds) Software Process Technology. EWSPT 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 772. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57739-4_21
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