1643 Tools for Collaborative Business Process Modeling Paz Pérez González Industrial Management Research Group, University of Seville, Spain Jose M Framinan Industrial Management Research Group, University of Seville, Spain T introduction A business process can be defined as a set of related tasks that are carried out within a business or organization in order to obtain certain output that should add value for the business client or organization (Gunasekaran & Kobu, 2002). An enterprise can be then analyzed and integrated through its business processes. Thus, business process modeling (BPM) becomes a fundamental part of business process management, as it enables a common understanding and analysis of a company's business processes. Particularly, BPM using computer-aided design tools and a standard visual form of notation to encompass a set of procedures capable to (Lonchamp & Denis, 1997): · · · Support the designers as far as possible during their collective work. Provide a sufficiently detailed model of collective design work for supporting it effectively. Provide a meta-model including concepts for describing all the various perspectives (process, organizational, functional, data and product views), as well as formal modeling techniques. CBPM software tools could provide these function-