Patent ID: 8433602

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, implemented on a computer system and comprising: controlling, using a processor of the computer system, a view point of a business process model, wherein the view point is controlled using a plurality of accessibility rules, each of the accessibility rules applies to one or more of a plurality of user classes, the accessibility rules are for the business process model, the business process model comprises a plurality of business process model elements, and a plurality of business process model associations, the business process model elements and the business process model associations are represented by one or more objects, the one or more objects are configured to facilitate classification of the business process model elements and the business process model associations, the controlling comprises evaluating the business process model elements and the business process model associations with respect to one or more applicable ones of the accessibility rules, and the evaluating determines whether the one or more applicable ones of the accessibility rules allow access to at least one of the business process model elements or at least one of the business process model associations; and if the evaluating determines that the one or more applicable ones of the accessibility rules allow access to the at least one of the business process model elements or the at least one of the business process model associations, including the at least one of the business process model elements or the at least one of the business process model associations in the view point, and otherwise, excluding the at least one of the business process model elements or the at least one of the business process model associations from the view point.