Optimizing Public Service Delivery Through Automated Stakeholder Interaction: Low-code BPM Implementation

Małgorzata Oleś-Filiks; Robert Waszkowski

doi:10.7494/dmms.2024.si.6637

Authors

Małgorzata Oleś-Filiks University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Szturmowa 1/3, 02-678 Warsaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0567-9238
Robert Waszkowski Military University of Technology, Faculty of Cybernetics, Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0170-227X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7494/dmms.2024.si.6637

Keywords:

business process, government, workflow, BPMN

Abstract

For years, public institutions have been characterized by a complex and specific structure that requires the applications of bureaucratic procedures that are in accordance with the law and the professional preparations of officials. Nowadays, public institutions have high requirements for implementing intelligent IT systems, which allow the handling of documents in electronic form and the automatic flow of the information that is contained in them. This article presents a set of business processes that have been implemented in a public institution (dealing with the implementation of tasks in agricultural and food markets) that was performed in the BPMN notation. In addition to a description of the system, the article presents the positive impact of the implementation on the work of the authority. The article presents how business-process modeling and simulation support an enterprise in creating an integrated information-processing system. It concludes with a presentation of the effects and changes that have occurred in the authority following the implementation of a business-process-management system.

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