Schiele, FelixLaux, FritzConnolly, ThomasZimmermann, AlfredRossmann, Alexander2017-06-302017-06-302015978-3-88579-638-1Business processes are important knowledge resources of a company. The knowledge contained in business processes impart procedures used to create products and services. However, modelling and application of business processes are affected by problems connected to knowledge transfer. This paper presents and implements a layered model to improve the knowledge transfer. Thus modelling and understanding of business process models is supported. An evaluation of the approach is presented and results and other areas of application are discussed.enText/Conference Paper1617-5468