Gregor Polančič

Gregor Polančič is an associate professor in Informatics at the University of Maribor. He received his PhD in 2008 in the fields of software engineering and information systems. He has almost two decades of experience in BPM, starting to investigate BPMN since its first version in 2004. In 2008, he was one of the first authors who published an article dedicated to the experiences and practical use of BPMN. The article was published in the “BPM and Workflow Handbook” with the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC). In 2013 he published a business process modeling-related article in the high impact journal Empirical Software Engineering (Article title: An Experimental Investigation Comparing Individual and collaborative work productivity when using desktop and Cloud Modeling Tools). His bibliography comprises almost 300 works, out of them more than thirty journal articles. He has been teaching BPM since 2005 in several undergraduate and postgraduate courses (e.g., Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Advanced Business Process Management, IT Governance) and has been an invited BPM/BPMN lecturer on several Universities. In 2019, he has been a visiting professor at Vienna University of economics and business, lecturing Business process implementation course. He has participated in several BPMN-related local and international workshops and projects and is currently researching BPM from different technological and user aspects. In recent years, Gregor Polančič has been periodically authoring for Orbus Software and Good e-learning companies, located in the UK. In 2019, he got the BPM best CEE forum paper award.

Publications

Challenges With Business Process Models: What Can We Learn From “Google Maps”?
Challenges With Business Process Models: What Can We Learn From “Google Maps”?
Gregor Polančič, Katja Kous. © 2024. 16 pages.
Business process diagrams were introduced a century ago as 'process charts'; since then, they have been an essential part of business process management activities and...
Digitalization in Business Process Management: A Comparative Analysis of the Usability of Process Modeling Tools
Digitalization in Business Process Management: A Comparative Analysis of the Usability of Process Modeling Tools
Katja Kous, Gregor Polančič. © 2024. 20 pages.
This chapter is centered on investigating the usability of process modeling tools, which are fundamental components of business process management (BPM). It is structured into...
An Empirical Investigation of the Accessibility of Official European Tourism Websites
An Empirical Investigation of the Accessibility of Official European Tourism Websites
Katja Kous, Gregor Polančič. © 2021. 27 pages.
This chapter presents an investigation into the accessibility of official tourism websites of 26 EU member states. It is divided into two main parts. The first part is focused on...
Project-Based Intercultural Collaborative Learning for Social Responsibility: The Ukrainian-Slovenian Experience
Project-Based Intercultural Collaborative Learning for Social Responsibility: The Ukrainian-Slovenian Experience
Pavlo Brin, Nataliia Krasnokutska, Gregor Polančič, Katja Kous. © 2020. 21 pages.
The purpose of the chapter is to study the history of collaborative learning, its personal and social benefits for all participants, basic tools and to share the experiences in...