Automated business process modeling

1. A method for generating a business process model project, the method comprising the steps of:

a computer receiving a data file comprising text descriptive of a business process;

the computer searching a sentence in the text for a keyword indicative of existence of a name of a corresponding business artifact stated elsewhere in the sentence and in response to identifying the keyword, the computer identifying an indicator in the sentence, the indicator designating the name of the corresponding business artifact;

the computer identifying a business artifact based on the keyword and the indicator;

the computer generating a Remote Method Invocation instruction to create a new business process model project;

the computer generating a Remote Method Invocation instruction to create the business artifact in the new business process model project;

the computer transferring the generated Remote Method Invocation instruction to a business process modeling tool via a Remote Method Invocation interface; and

the business process modeling tool executing the Remote Method Invocation instructions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the keyword is indicative of a type of business artifact, the type of business artifact comprising one of activity artifact, decision artifact, and resource artifact.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator comprises a first quotation mark indicating a start of the business artifact name and a second quotation mark indicating an end of the business artifact name.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein computer transferring the generated Remote Method Invocation instruction to a business process modeling tool comprises:

the computer storing the Remote Method Invocation instructions in a text file; and

the computes generating a pointer to the text file; and

the computer passing the pointer to the business process modeling tool via the Remote Method Invocation interface.

5. A method for generating a business process model project, the method comprising the steps of:

a computer receiving a data file comprising text descriptive of a business process;

the computer searching a sentence in the text for a keyword indicative of existence of a name of a corresponding business artifact stated elsewhere in the sentence and in response to identifying the keyword, the computer identifying an indicator in the sentence, the indicator designating the name of the corresponding business artifact;

the computer identifying a business artifact based on the keyword and the indicator;

the computer selecting a plug-in corresponding to a selected business process modeling tool;

the computer creating a new business process model project according to a format corresponding to the selected business process modeling tool, via the plug-in;

the computer creating the business artifact in the business process model project, via the plug-in; and

the computer exporting the business process model project.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the computer creating a new business process model project comprises:

the computer creating a default project comprising default business artifacts; and

the computer creating a custom artifacts folder for storing automatically generated custom business artifacts.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the computer creating the business artifact in the business process model project comprises:

the computer generating the business artifact using an artifact generating protocol defined by the selected BPM modeling tool; and

the computer storing the business artifact in the custom artifacts folder.

8. A computer system for transforming a business model description into business process model artifacts, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to receive a data file comprising text descriptive of a business process;

program instructions to search a sentence in the text for a keyword indicative of existence of a name of a corresponding business artifact stated elsewhere in the sentence and in response to identifying the keyword, the computer identifying an indicator in the sentence, the indicator designating the name of the corresponding business artifact;

program instructions to identify a business artifact based on the keyword and the indicator;

program instructions to generate a Remote Method Invocation instruction to create a new business process model project;

program instructions to generate a Remote Method Invocation instruction to create the business artifact in the new business process model project; and

program instructions to transfer the generated Remote Method Invocation instruction to a business process modeling tool via a Remote Method Invocation interface.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the keyword is indicative of a type of business artifact, the type of business artifact comprising one of activity artifact, decision artifact, and resource artifact.

10. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the indicator comprises a first quotation mark indicating a start of the business artifact name and a second quotation mark indicating an end of the business artifact name.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions transfer the generated Remote Method Invocation instruction to a business process modeling tool:

store the Remote Method Invocation instructions in a text file;

generate a pointer to the text file; and

pass the pointer to the business process modeling tool via the Remote Method Invocation interface.