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Janis Stirna - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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PoEM - Factors Influencing Productization of Enterprise Modeling: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Scandinavian Strand of Methods and Tools
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 2015Co-Authors: Natalie Yilmaz, Janis StirnaAbstract:Enterprise Modeling (EM) methods and tools have been developed and successfully used for more than two decades yet their adoption in organizations is mostly ad hoc. Only a few EM methods and tools have become successful products despite being theoretically sound and having certain success in application in practice. This grounded theory inquiry ponders on what factors influence the successful productization of EM methods and tools. Among the factors discussed are EM maturity gap, method and tool development process, application context, marketing and sales aspects, as well as product aspects.
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Factors Influencing Productization of Enterprise Modeling: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Scandinavian Strand of Methods and Tools
2015Co-Authors: Natalie Yilmaz, Janis StirnaAbstract:Enterprise Modeling (EM) methods and tools have been developed and successfully used for more than two decades yet their adoption in organizations is mostly ad hoc. Only a few EM methods and tools have become successful products despite being theoretically sound and having certain success in application in practice. This grounded theory inquiry ponders on what factors influence the successful productization of EM methods and tools. Among the factors discussed are EM maturity gap, method and tool development process, application context, marketing and sales aspects, as well as product aspects.
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Organizational Adoption of Enterprise Modeling Methods – Experience Based Recommendations
2014Co-Authors: Anne Persson, Janis StirnaAbstract:Organizations normally begin using Enterprise Modeling (EM) within the context of a development project of some sort, where an outside vendor and/or consultant provide the method and related IT tool usage competence. If an organization uses EM sufficiently frequently it may be motivated to develop in-house EM competence and to acquire and adopt an EM method. The paper is an experience paper. It defines what it means to adopt an EM method in an organization and describes the process of adopting and institutionalizing EM as an organizational strategy to support continuous improvement and development. The process consists of three activities: deciding that an EM method should be adopted as part of the organization’s set of institutionalized methods, electing a suitable method and implementing the method.
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Enterprise Modeling tackling business challenges with the 4em method
2014Co-Authors: Kurt Sandkuhl, Anne Persson, Janis Stirna, Matthias WiotzkiAbstract:Enterprise Modeling (EM) methods and techniques are indispensable for understanding the present situation of an Enterprise and for preparing for its future particularly in times of continuous organizational change, an increasing pace of innovation, new market challenges or technology advances. The authors combine a detailed description of the 4EM methodology with their concrete experience gathered in projects. Their book addresses the Modeling procedure, Modeling language and Modeling practices in a uniquely integrated approach. It provides practical advice on common challenges faced by Enterprises and offers a flexible EM method suitable for tackling those challenges. Much of the work presented stems from actual research projects and has been validated with scientific methods. The 4EM methodology has proven its practical value in a large number of successful development and/or change management projects in industry and the public sector. The book was written for anyone who wants to learn more about EM, with a specific focus on how to do it in practice and/or how to teach it. Its main target audience thus includes instructors in the field of EM or business information systems, students in Information Systems or Business Administration, and practitioners working in Enterprise or change management. The authors describe a clear reading path for each of these audiences and complement the work with a set of slides and further teaching material available under www.4em-method.com.
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Elicitation Approaches in Enterprise Modeling
The Enterprise Engineering Series, 2014Co-Authors: Kurt Sandkuhl, Anne Persson, Janis Stirna, Matthias WißotzkiAbstract:One of the key tasks in Enterprise Modeling is to analyze the current situation and existing challenges in the Enterprise with the active participation of domain experts and decision makers. In this respect, elicitation approaches such as interviews, observations, participatory Modeling workshops, or document analysis are fundamental instruments. Starting with an overview of the most important elicitation approaches in Enterprise Modeling and some advice on preparing for elicitation, the chapter introduces selected elicitation approaches.
Anne Persson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Practice of Enterprise Modeling - The Practice of Enterprise Modeling
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 2016Co-Authors: Jennifer Horkoff, Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Anne PerssonAbstract:This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 8.1 Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling held in November 2016 in Skovde, Sweden. The PoEM conference series started in 2008 ...
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Towards Guiding the Use of Enterprise Modeling in the Context of Business and IT Alignment
2015Co-Authors: Julia Kaidalova, Ulf Seigerroth, Anne PerssonAbstract:Today’s dynamic business environment presents Enterprises that wish to stay competitive with a great challenge. This is further complicated by rapidly advancing IT capabilities and the crucial role that IT plays in most organizations - a backbone for realizing visions and goals. The problem of eliminating the gap between business and IT within Enterprises, i.e. the problem of Business and IT Alignment (BITA), has been acknowledged as a contemporary challenge and actively elaborated by academics and practitioners. One practice that is used to facilitate BITA is Enterprise Modeling (EM), which is considered as a catalyzing practice for capturing, visualizing and analyzing different aspects of Enterprises. This paper presents a framework that illustrates the role of EM in the context of BITA and suggests recommendations to deal with EM challenges.
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Organizational Adoption of Enterprise Modeling Methods – Experience Based Recommendations
2014Co-Authors: Anne Persson, Janis StirnaAbstract:Organizations normally begin using Enterprise Modeling (EM) within the context of a development project of some sort, where an outside vendor and/or consultant provide the method and related IT tool usage competence. If an organization uses EM sufficiently frequently it may be motivated to develop in-house EM competence and to acquire and adopt an EM method. The paper is an experience paper. It defines what it means to adopt an EM method in an organization and describes the process of adopting and institutionalizing EM as an organizational strategy to support continuous improvement and development. The process consists of three activities: deciding that an EM method should be adopted as part of the organization’s set of institutionalized methods, electing a suitable method and implementing the method.
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Enterprise Modeling tackling business challenges with the 4em method
2014Co-Authors: Kurt Sandkuhl, Anne Persson, Janis Stirna, Matthias WiotzkiAbstract:Enterprise Modeling (EM) methods and techniques are indispensable for understanding the present situation of an Enterprise and for preparing for its future particularly in times of continuous organizational change, an increasing pace of innovation, new market challenges or technology advances. The authors combine a detailed description of the 4EM methodology with their concrete experience gathered in projects. Their book addresses the Modeling procedure, Modeling language and Modeling practices in a uniquely integrated approach. It provides practical advice on common challenges faced by Enterprises and offers a flexible EM method suitable for tackling those challenges. Much of the work presented stems from actual research projects and has been validated with scientific methods. The 4EM methodology has proven its practical value in a large number of successful development and/or change management projects in industry and the public sector. The book was written for anyone who wants to learn more about EM, with a specific focus on how to do it in practice and/or how to teach it. Its main target audience thus includes instructors in the field of EM or business information systems, students in Information Systems or Business Administration, and practitioners working in Enterprise or change management. The authors describe a clear reading path for each of these audiences and complement the work with a set of slides and further teaching material available under www.4em-method.com.
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Elicitation Approaches in Enterprise Modeling
The Enterprise Engineering Series, 2014Co-Authors: Kurt Sandkuhl, Anne Persson, Janis Stirna, Matthias WißotzkiAbstract:One of the key tasks in Enterprise Modeling is to analyze the current situation and existing challenges in the Enterprise with the active participation of domain experts and decision makers. In this respect, elicitation approaches such as interviews, observations, participatory Modeling workshops, or document analysis are fundamental instruments. Starting with an overview of the most important elicitation approaches in Enterprise Modeling and some advice on preparing for elicitation, the chapter introduces selected elicitation approaches.
Thomas Vosgien - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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IWEI - Model Based Enterprise Modeling for Testing PLM Interoperability in Dynamic Manufacturing Network
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 2015Co-Authors: Nicolas Figay, D. Tchoffa, Lyes Kermad, Bezhad Shariat, El Dafaoui, Parisa Ghodous, Ernesto Expósito, Thomas VosgienAbstract:When willing to prepare and to build operational Product Life cycle Management interoperability within a Dynamic Manufacturing Network (DMN) in a mature digital business ecosystem such as Aeronautic, Space and Defense, the approaches proposed by the Enterprise Application Interoperability are insufficient when willing to address the existing interoperability brakes Some of these brakes have been addressed in project such as IMAGINE and SIP@SystemX, allowing to experiment innovative way of using standards based Enterprise Modeling and also to identify some additional gaps for applying model base Enterprise Modeling to PLM interoperability within a DMN. After defining the business and the scientific contexts, the paper describes this new approach which consists in federating the usage of several PLM, Business, Information and ICT standard through the usage of an Enterprise Modeling standardized language, ArchiMate, and associated Modeling tool Archi created using ArchiMate as an EMF DSL. The defined methodology is based on producing a set of DMN blueprints and associated templates. Then, through model to model transformation, other more detailed models using more specialized languages are created and used for software component generation and deployment Enterprise hub platform based on standards. Using the methodology, the associated framework and the developed resulting from our research activity, we are now able to prepare and build interoperability within a DMN. Ability of preserving investment performed with the legacy and reducing risks associated to future evolution was demonstrated through IMAGINE Aeronautic Lab experimentation within SIP. Such experimentation also highlighted some issues related to model based engineering in such a context, and allowed identifying needs for new extensions of the federative PLM interoperability framework for Collaborative Networked Product Development initiated during the ATHENA project. It will be addressed in future work.
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Model Based Enterprise Modeling for Testing PLM Interoperability in Dynamic Manufacturing Network
2015Co-Authors: Nicolas Figay, D. Tchoffa, Lyes Kermad, Bezhad Shariat, El Dafaoui, Parisa Ghodous, Ernesto Expósito, Thomas VosgienAbstract:When willing to prepare and to build operational Product Life cycle Management interoperability within a Dynamic Manufacturing Network (DMN) in a mature digital business ecosystem such as Aeronautic, Space and Defense, the approaches proposed by the Enterprise Application Interoperability are insufficient when willing to address the existing interoperability brakes Some of these brakes have been addressed in project such as IMAGINE and SIP@SystemX, allowing to experiment innovative way of using standards based Enterprise Modeling and also to identify some additional gaps for applying model base Enterprise Modeling to PLM interoperability within a DMN. After defining the business and the scientific contexts, the paper describes this new approach which consists in federating the usage of several PLM, Business, Information and ICT standard through the usage of an Enterprise Modeling standardized language, ArchiMate, and associated Modeling tool Archi created using ArchiMate as an EMF DSL. The defined methodology is based on producing a set of DMN blueprints and associated templates. Then, through model to model transformation, other more detailed models using more specialized languages are created and used for software component generation and deployment Enterprise hub platform based on standards. Using the methodology, the associated framework and the developed resulting from our research activity, we are now able to prepare and build interoperability within a DMN. Ability of preserving investment performed with the legacy and reducing risks associated to future evolution was demonstrated through IMAGINE Aeronautic Lab experimentation within SIP. Such experimentation also highlighted some issues related to model based engineering in such a context, and allowed identifying needs for new extensions of the federative PLM interoperability framework for Collaborative Networked Product Development initiated during the ATHENA project. It will be addressed in future work.
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Model Based Enterprise Modeling for Testing PLM Interoperability in Dynamic Manufacturing Network
2015Co-Authors: Nicolas Figay, D. Tchoffa, Lyes Kermad, Bezhad Shariat, El Dafaoui, Parisa Ghodous, Ernesto Expósito, Thomas VosgienAbstract:When willing to prepare and to build operational Product Life cycle Management interoperability within a Dynamic Manufacturing Network (DMN) in a mature digital business ecosystem such as Aeronautic, Space and Defense, the approaches proposed by the Enterprise Application Interoperability are insufficient when willing to address the existing interoperability brakes Some of these brakes have been addressed in project such as IMAGINE and SIP@SystemX, allowing to experiment innovative way of using standards based Enterprise Modeling and also to identify some additional gaps for applying model base Enterprise Modeling to PLM interoperability within a DMN. After defining the business and the scientific contexts, the paper describes this new approach which consists in federating the usage of several PLM, Business, Information and ICT standard through the usage of an Enterprise Modeling standardized language, ArchiMate, and associated Modeling tool Archi created using ArchiMate as an EMF DSL. The defined methodology is based on producing a set of DMN blueprints and associated templates. Then, through model to model transformation, other more detailed models using more specialized languages are created and used for software component generation and deployment Enterprise hub platform based on standards. Using the methodology, the associated framework and the developed resulting from our research activity, we are now able to prepare and build interoperability within a DMN. Ability of preserving investment performed with the legacy and reducing risks associated to future evolution was demonstrated through IMAGINE Aeronautic Lab experimentation within SIP. Such experimentation also highlighted some issues related to model based engineering in such a context, and allowed identifying needs for new extensions of the federative PLM interoperability framework for Collaborative Networked Product Development initiated during the ATHENA project. It will be addressed in future work.
Francois Vernadat - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Proposition of a Repository for Enterprise Modeling: (EMC) Enterprise Modeling Components
E-Manufacturing: Business Paradigms and Supporting Technologies, 2004Co-Authors: A. Abdmouleh, M. Spadoni, Francois VernadatAbstract:The design meta-models for the CIMOSA reference architecture are presented. These meta-models are formalized with UML (Unified Modeling Language) and configured with Design patterns. Patterns allow the reuse of reference models and give them solid foundations. Indeed, the CIMOSA constructs are written using generic and trade patterns concerning production means, physical flows , information flows, resources, … UML is the most practical language to represent these patterns, thanks to its diagrammatic notations. which cover static aspects (e.g. objects, classes, components) and dynamic aspects (e.g. collaboration, scenarios, activities) of a system.
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Enterprise Modeling and integration emi current status and research perspectives
Annual Reviews in Control, 2002Co-Authors: Francois VernadatAbstract:Abstract Much has been written and high expectations have been placed over the last decade on Enterprise Modeling and integration. Applicable results are more modest. This paper first recalls challenges and rationale for Enterprise Modeling and integration. It then points out substantial results achieved so far as well as potential difficulties and pitfalls to make them a reality.
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Enterprise Modeling and integration principles and applications
1996Co-Authors: Francois VernadatAbstract:Part I: Basic Principles: Enterprise Modeling and integration: an introduction. Reference architectures for Enterprise Modeling and integration. Part II: Enterprise Modeling:Enterprise Modeling. Modeling functional aspects. Modeling information aspects. Modeling resource aspects. Modeling organization aspects. Comparison and Enterprise Modeling tools. Part III: Enterprise Integration: Enterprise integration. Integrating infrastructure principles. Integrating infrastructures for CIM. Conclusion. Appendices.
Yan Jun-wei - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Networked Framework of Enterprise Modeling Architecture
Computer Engineering, 2001Co-Authors: Yan Jun-weiAbstract:To answer the requirement of virtual Enterprise Modeling in different place and the requirement of CIMS consultation service, a networked Modeling framework is proposed. In this framework, the construct-based Enterprise Modeling system is adopted as the Modeling kernel tool. Firstly its basic idea and its system framework design are described and the Modeling architecture of its Modeling kernel tool CEMS is also introduced. Then its functional sub-modules are individually described in detail.