Advances in Enterprise Engineering III (eBook)

Preface 5
Organization 11
Table of Contents 13
Modeling and Simulation 13
Method Versus Model – Two Sides of the Same Coin? 15
Introduction 15
State-of-the-Art Analysis 16
Method Engineering 16
Reference Modeling 17
Convergence of Method Engineering and Reference Modeling 18
Convergence in Respect of Design Knowledge 18
Convergence in Respect of Design Artifacts 19
Intermediate Findings 20
Discussion of the Hypothesis 21
Positioning Generic Methods and Reference Models in a Model Taxonomy 21
Towards a Unified Design Process for IS 22
Consequences for a Unified Design Process 23
Conclusion and Outlook 25
References 26
Capturing Complex Business Processes Interdependencies Using Modeling and Simulation in a Multi-actor Environment 30
Introduction 30
Case: Electronic Payments Sector 32
Static Model of the Process Steps 35
Dynamic Model of the Process Steps 37
Conclusion 39
Recommendations 40
References 40
A Heuristic Method for Business Process Model Evaluation 42
Introduction 42
TheEPCNotation 43
Our General Approach: Pattern Matching 44
Control-Flow Errors 45
Comprehensibility and Style 46
Pragmatic Errors 47
Validation 48
Related Work 50
Conclusions and Directions for Further Research 51
References 51
Simulating Liquidity in Value and Supply Chains 54
Introduction 54
Atomic REA Model Construction Patterns 56
Exchange Configurations 58
Value Chain Configurations 60
Supply Chain Pattern 62
Discussion 64
Conclusions and Future Research 66
References 67
Enterprise Architecture and Governance 13
Complexity Levels of Representing Dynamics in EA Planning 69
Introduction 69
Literature Review 71
IS Planning 71
EA Planning 71
Modeling of EA Planning 73
Evaluation 74
Review of Current Industry Practices 74
Company A 74
Company B 75
Implications 75
A Concept to Capture Dynamics in EA Planning 76
EA Planning Process 76
Complexity Levels in EA Planning 78
Evaluating the EA Planning Process for Complexity Levels 80
Discussion and Conclusion 81
References 82
An Approach for Creating and Managing Enterprise Blueprints: A Case for IT Blueprints 84
Introduction 84
Problem Clarification 85
Related Work 87
Fundamentals of Our Approach 88
The Case for IT Artifacts 90
Methodology 92
The Blueprint Management System 93
Conclusions 96
References 97
An Information Model Capturing the Managed Evolution of Application Landscapes 99
Introduction 99
Related Work 102
Elicit Requirements for Landscape Management 104
Developing a Temporal Information Model 106
Glossary 106
An EA Information Model for Modeling Project Dependencies 107
Reflection and Outlook 110
References 111
Enterprise Engineering – Applications 13
A Service Specification Framework for Developing Component-Based Software: A Case Study at the Port of Rotterdam 114
Introduction 114
Research Methodology 115
The Service Specification Framework 118
Theoretical Background 118
Explanation of the Framework 118
Case Study Background 119
Case Study Results 120
Identified Services 120
Service Provider Part Evaluation 122
Service Function Part Evaluation 123
Service Usage Part Evaluation 125
Overall Evaluation 126
Conclusions 127
References 127
Enhancing the Formal Foundations of BPMN by Enterprise Ontology 129
Introduction 129
Case Study 132
Solution Approach 134
Enterprise Ontology and DEMO 134
Practical Implications 139
Conclusions and Future Research 142
References 142
Developing Quality Management Systems with DEMO 144
Introduction 144
Problem Statement 145
DEMO 147
QMS Handbook 148
Layout 148
Actor Description Table 149
Representation of the CM 150
Representation of the Process Model 151
Representation of the Action Model 152
Evaluation and Conclusions 154
References 154
Analyzing Organizational Structures Using Social Network Analysis 157
Introduction 157
Enron Email Corpus 159
Analysis 161
Finding the Optimal Number of Clusters 161
Feature Set Identification 162
Results 162
Classification Analysis Results 162
Cluster Analysis Results 164
Conclusion 168
References 169
DEMO – Dissemination and Extension 14
The Adoption of DEMO: A Research Agenda 171
Introduction 171
Adoption of Innovations 172
Organizational Adoption 173
Individual Adoption 175
Adoption of IS Methodologies 176
Organizational Adoption 176
Individual Adoption 177
Adoption of DEMO 179
Proposed Research Agenda 179
Organizational Adoption 180
Individual Adoption 181
Prioritization and Concretizing of Research Efforts 182
Conclusion 182
References 183
ArchiMate and DEMO – Mates to Date? 186
Introduction 186
ArchiMate 189
Summary of ArchiMate 189
Analysis of the Case Car Import with ArchiMate 190
DEMO 192
Summary of DEMO 192
Analysis of the Case Car Import with DEMO 194
Comparing ArchiMate and DEMO 197
Theoretical Comparison 197
Comparing the Analysis Results 198
Conclusions 199
References 199
Integration Aspects between the B/I/D Organizations of the Enterprise 201
Introduction 201
Summary of the $/Psi$-Theory 202
Cooperation in the Layered Enterprise 206
Conclusions and Further Research 213
References 213
Author Index 215