A next-generation business process management tool -: ADONIS:: concepts and applications

At present, state-of-the-are business process management tools usually offer hard-coded methods, that are only partially adaptable. Tools based on metamodeling concepts are here named "next-generation tools". The paper describes the potential of these tools by taking ADONIS as an example. Based on the explanation of the ADONIS concepts three application areas and its corresponding methods are presented: The integrated management of products and business processes, the development of workflow applications and the model-based configuration of standard software.