1. A computer-implemented method for executing a business process having a plurality of operations, comprising the steps of: utilizing a first verb of a process algebra to represent at least one independent operation of a business process, and a second verb of the process algebra to represent a set of interdependent operations of the business process; differentiating the at least one independent operation from the set of interdependent operations based at least in part on the first and second verbs; and independently executing the at least one independent operation and the set of interdependent operations.