Towards Retrograde Process Analysis in Running Legacy Applications

Process mining algorithms are highly dependent on the existence and quality of event logs. In many cases, however, software systems (e.g., legacy systems) do not leverage workflow engines capable of producing high-quality event logs for process mining algorithms. As a result, the application of process mining algorithms is drastically hampered for such legacy systems. The generation of suitable event data from running legacy software systems, therefore, would foster approaches such as process mining, data-based process documentation, and process-oriented software migration of legacy systems. This paper discusses the need for dedicated event log generation approaches in this context.