Method for creating and expressing risk-extended business process models

A computer program product for extending a business process model, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
• computer usable program code configured to specify first elements representing performance measures and objectives of a business process which may be compromised by risk events;
• computer usable program code configured to specify second elements representing contextual information describing circumstances in which the business process is executed which may be relevant to a failure mode, said contextual information comprising at least a type and state of resources required to support the business process, a type and state of jobs and artifacts that undergo the business process;
• and, a type and state of any influential environmental factors;
• computer usable program code configured to specify third elements representing errors which may occur during process execution;
• computer usable program code configured to specify fourth elements representing causal relationships among risk events related to the resources, activities, and said environmental factors that may influence process execution;
• and,
• computer usable program code configured to provide a set of metamodel extensions to a standard process modeling language that incorporate said specified first second third and fourth elements directly in the business process model.