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J. Mendling, I. Weber, W. van der Aalst, J. vom Brocke, C. Cabanillas, F. Daniel, S. Debois, C. Di Ciccio, M. Dumas, S. Dustdar, A. Gal, L. Garcia-Banuelos, G. Governatori, R. Hull, M. La Rosa, H. Leopold, F. Leymann, J. Recker, M. Reichert, H. Reijers, S. Rinderle-Ma, A. Rogge-Solti, M. Rosemann, S. Schulte, M. Singh, T. Slaats, M. Staples, B. Weber, M. Weidlich, M. Weske, X. Xu, L. Zhu:
"Blockchains for Business Process Management - Challenges and Opportunities";
Report for CoRR - Computing Research Repository; Report No. arXiv:1704.03610, 2017; 10 pages.

Blockchain technology promises a sizable potential for executing inter-organizational business processes without requiring a central party serving as a single point of trust (and failure). This paper analyzes its impact on business process management (BPM). We structure the discussion using two BPM frameworks, namely the six BPM core capabilities and the BPM lifecycle. This paper provides research directions for investigating the application of blockchain technology to BPM.

Blockchain, Business Process Management, Research Challenges