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Advances in Enterprise Engineering V

First Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2011, Antwerp, Belgium, May 16-17, 2011. Proceedings

herausgegeben von: Antonia Albani, Jan L. G. Dietz, Jan Verelst

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buchreihe : Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the first Enterprise Engineering Working Conference (EEWC), held in Antwerp, Belgium, May 16-17, 2011. EEWC aims at addressing the challenges that modern and complex enterprises are facing in a rapidly changing world. The participants of the working conference share the belief that dealing with these challenges requires rigorous and scientific solutions, focusing on the design and engineering of enterprises. The goal of EEWC is to stimulate interaction between the different stakeholders, scientists as well as practitioners, interested in making Enterprise Engineering a reality.

The 8 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. EEWC 2011 had 24 submissions of which 8 were accepted for publication. The topics of the papers encouraged active participation in interesting discussions and the exchange of ideas, and stimulated future cooperation among the participants. This made EEWC a real ‘working conference’ contributing to the further development of Enterprise Engineering as a mature discipline. The topics covered include designing organizations with DEMO, combining DEMO with other methods, and studies in enterprise architecture.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

Designing Organizations with DEMO

Designing the Information Organization from Ontological Perspective

Abstract

Actors act on the organization‘s world. Information that is needed for performing coordinating actions of those actors is equal to factual knowledge that consists of either facts that constitute the world’s states or facts that are derived from these original facts. That means that business actors which are directly responsible for production results are indirectly responsible for the information that is based on their production results. This paper proposes a way of working by which the design of the ontological model of the information organization is based on the ontological model of the business organization. Central to the proposed approach is the concept of responsibility. This is a fundamentally different approach than many current approaches in practice to which information is usually extracted from a database of data and from whom nobody has any idea of the accountability regarding the reliability, timeliness, etc. of the data.

Joop de Jong

Control Organization: A DEMO Based Specification and Extension

Abstract

In this paper we apply the Design and Engineering Methodology for Organizations (DEMO), to specify an ontological model for the generic Control Organization that we argue that exists in every organization. With our proposal, DEMO is extended so that we can specify critical properties of an organization – that we call measures – whose value must respect certain restrictions imposed by other properties of the organization – that we call viability norms. We can now also precisely specify defined resilience strategies that control and eliminate dysfunctions – violations of viability norms caused byexceptions. On top of this, we can also keep a systematic trace of the history of dysfunctions of an organization and of control acts executed to eliminate them. All of these facts are structured in a systematic manner and provided in a set of proposed tables, which are useful for a variety of purposes like (1) making control responsibilities clear and making organization agents accountable for bad control decisions, as well as (2) allowing more informed organization change decisions.

David Aveiro, António Rito Silva, José Tribolet

Combining DEMO with Other Methods

Combining DEMO and Normalized Systems for Developing Agile Enterprise Information Systems

Abstract

Our research aims at finding key concepts to link agile enterprises with agile automated information systems. To effectively respond to environmental changes, such as in market needs, technology, regulations or law, enterprises need to be able to change their supporting information system(s) accordingly. The Design and Engineering Methodology for Organizations (DEMO) has already proven to be an effective tool in designing and realizing agile organizations. The Normalized System (NS) approach, on the other hand, has proven to be the key for developing agile Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems, which support such agile organizations.

We found that DEMO and its underlying PSI-theory, and the principles and elements of the Normalized Systems approach match. Also we designed, using two cases of Dutch governmental subsidy schemes, a few simple and automatable steps to derive a Normalized System from the ontological model of the B-organization, provided by applying DEMO to an enterprise, while retaining the implementation freedom of the organization under consideration. Finally we found that the impact of implementation choices is minimal and that it is clear how they affect the automated information system. With this result, one vital cornerstone for achieving enterprise agility has been covered.

Marien R. Krouwel, Martin Op ’t Land

Transformation of DEMO Metamodel into XML Schema

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an approach to transform models derived by applying the Design and Engineering Methodology for Organizations (DEMO) into an exchangeable format. DEMO is based on a founded theory, the Ψ-theory, and satisfies the requirements to be a well defined domain modeling methodology. Having the DEMO models represented in an exchangeable format is beneficial for different types of applications supporting the information system development process. Applications used for the automatic analysis (simulation) of the DEMO models or for the identification of business components are just two examples to be mentioned.

Yan Wang, Antonia Albani, Joseph Barjis

Studies in Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture for Small and Medium Enterprise Growth

Abstract

A key constraint for growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is the business skills required to grow the enterprises through the stages of transformation. Criticism against growth stage models for SMEs is of concern, since these models contain the typical knowledge that appeals to managers of small enterprises as guidance in how to manage growth. In this article we propose the SMEAG model to explore the relevance of enterprise architecture (EA) for enhancing existing growth stage models in order to counteract some of this criticism. EA is well-known as a field that claims to manage change and complexity. The rationale to combine the concepts of growth stage models and EA is based on the level of change and complexity associated with the growth of small enterprises into medium enterprises. SMEAG combines the existing growth stage model of Scott and Bruce, the Enterprise Architecture Framework by Hoogervorst, and the EA as Foundation for Business Execution Model by Ross, Weill and Robertson.

Dina Jacobs, Paula Kotzé, Alta van der Merwe, Aurona Gerber

A critical investigation of TOGAF - based on the enterprise engineering theory and practice

Abstract

TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) is growingly considered to be the de facto standard way of working for the development and deployment of modern IT systems in enterprises. A major characteristic of modern IT systems, as opposed to the ones in the past, is that they are an integral part of the total enterprise, and effectively support some part of the enterprise’s activities. Consequently, they must be developed with unity and integration in mind. Business development, organization development, and IT systems development cannot be addressed anymore as unrelated subjects. In this paper, the authors report on an investigation of TOGAF (version 9) regarding the extent to which it satisfies the indispensable requirement of unity and integration. The conclusion is that TOGAF fails to do this, as it fails to achieve several other ambitions. The main cause of these failures seems to be the lack of a sound and appropriate theory. In carrying out the investigation, the authors have based themselves on the enterprise engineering theory, as well as on extensive practical experiences.

Jan L. G. Dietz, Jan A. P. Hoogervorst

A method to develop EA modeling languages using practice-proven solutions

Abstract

Enterprises are unique in the way of doing business. This uniqueness is typically reflected in the overall make up of the enterprise – the enterprise architecture (EA). Globalized markets, changing legal regulations, and technological innovations thereby force enterprises to continually adapt their EA to the changing environment. As response, enterprises aim at a strategic management of the EA providing a holistic model of the key elements and relationships of an enterprise. Different supporting modeling languages have been proposed but none of them has gained broad acceptance due to the above described uniqueness.

In this paper we present a method to develop organization-specific EA modeling languages based on building blocks representing practice-proven solutions. Following the common understanding of modeling languages as consisting of syntax, semantics, and notation, we provide three different types of building blocks: information model building blocks that specify the syntax, glossary building blocks that textually define semantics, and viewpoint building blocks that specify the notation of the language. The applicability of the method for integrating building blocks to a consistent EA modeling language is illustrated along a case study from the public sector. The exposition of the method concludes with an outlook on further areas of research.

Sabine Buckl, Florian Matthes, Christian M. Schweda

Modularity in Enterprise Architecture Projects: An Exploratory Case Study

Abstract

Contemporary organizations are operating in increasingly volatile environments and must be able to respond quickly to changes in their environment. Enterprise Engineering aims to design agile organizations by applying theories from other fields. A theory from system sciences that receives much attention in this regard is modularity. In this paper, we apply a traditional modularity approach to a real-life case study. The subject of this case study is an enterprise architecture project in an e-government context. Our analysis shows that modularity can provide a relevant perspective in such projects. Moreover, it provides insights concerning the usage of enterprise architecture frameworks. However, due to the different nature of organizations, additional research is required to precisely understand the application of organizational modularity.

Philip Huysmans, Kris Ven, Jan Verelst

Backmatter

Titel: Advances in Enterprise Engineering V
herausgegeben von: Antonia Albani
Jan L. G. Dietz
Jan Verelst
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-21058-7
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-21057-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21058-7

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

Designing Organizations with DEMO

Designing the Information Organization from Ontological Perspective

Control Organization: A DEMO Based Specification and Extension

Combining DEMO with Other Methods

Combining DEMO and Normalized Systems for Developing Agile Enterprise Information Systems

Transformation of DEMO Metamodel into XML Schema

Studies in Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture for Small and Medium Enterprise Growth

A critical investigation of TOGAF - based on the enterprise engineering theory and practice

A method to develop EA modeling languages using practice-proven solutions

Modularity in Enterprise Architecture Projects: An Exploratory Case Study

Backmatter

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