1. Allows for a high-level process adaptation at the process type as well as the process instance level. Examples include high-level changes like inserting, deleting and moving process fragments. Change patterns can be also used to assess the expressiveness of a process change framework.

What is an example of a pattern of change?

If you want to change a habit (for example, to develop a habit of wearing your car seat belt) you develop a pattern that incorporates the change (I’ll get in my car, put the key in the ignition, fasten my seat belt, and then start car.)

Are there different patterns of change?

The three traditional ideas of social change—decline, cyclic change, and progress—have unquestionably influenced modern theories. … Yet because these theories are not scientifically determined, they fail to make an explicit distinction between decline and progress.