ACIS Business Process Models v1 (2024)
Organising a conference sequence that has persisted uninterrupted since 1990, has been a major achievement of the Australasian IS Community. Over the years, the Australasian Conference on Information Systems has evolved to incorporate a range of elements that include amongst others a range of different submission types (full papers, short papers, posters and slam sessions), a well respected and long running Doctoral Consortium, a range of Industry-Academic Sessions, as well as a Paper Development Workshops (new in 2024).
There are many stakeholder organisations that are involved in this activity. They include the conference sequence owner– the AAIS, along with associations that represent professors in various jurisdictions, professional computing societies, industry sponsors, and of course, the host institutions themselves. A body called the ACIS Executive Committee oversees the knowledge transfer process from the previous host and the current host.
To assist the communication and coordination between various stakeholders, A/Prof. Wasana Bandara suggested that AAIS become a client to QUT’s Work Integrated Learning Program to develop BPMs for the ACIS Conference Sequence. This work as successfully completed mid-2024, and is being used and improved by the AAIS. This project represents one of the first occasions where business process modelling has been used to assist in the planning, scheduling and coordination of academic conferences. The AAIS thanks the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), their WIL project offices, the students involved in this project and A/Prof Bandara for their assistance in this important initiative.
AJIS Business Process Models v1 (2025)
The success of the ACIS Business Process Modelling Project (above), has propelled an interest in creating business models for the publishing workflows for the Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS). This project is scheduled to start in 2025, with members of the AAIS Executive and AJIS Co-editors (Prof. Michael Davern and Dr. Stewart Black) and A/Prof. Wasana Bandana and the QUT Work Integrated Learning Program.