Patent Document ID: 8682630
Application ID: 12484326
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for managing component coupling in an object-centric process implementation, comprising: prior to deriving components that implement a centralized model: analyzing the centralized model with a processor; computing couplings within the centralized model to define a coupling metric; computing a predicted component model using objects, activities, and the coupling metric of the centralized model; and modifying control flow of the centralized model when a value of the coupling metric exceeds a pre-defined threshold value, re-analyzing the centralized model having the modified control flow, and repeating the computing, modifying and re-analyzing until the coupling metric is less than or equal to the pre-defined threshold; and implementing an object-centric process with the processor having component coupling that is derived from the centralized model when the value of the coupling metric is equal to or less than the pre-defined threshold value.