Methods, techniques, and practices for Enterprise Modeling have been a very important part
of our professional lives during more than 15 years. We strongly believe that modeling is a …

Strategic alignment among digital services and organizational objectives is crucial for IT, if
the enterprise is to use it for competitive advantage. The motivation for the work presented in …

Enterprises frequently engage in transformations. Typical examples of such enterprise
transformations include changes of the business model, mergers and acquisitions, large …

Inappropriate communication is a major threat to enterprise transformations. While
enterprise architecture (EA) models may be helpful to support communication, these models …

Bei der Unternehmensmodellierung wird das Ziel verfolgt, die wichtigsten Komponenten von
Organisationen sowie deren Relationen zueinander in geeigneten Modellen abzubilden …

The process for implementing ERP systems is related with the identification of a large range
of variables (organisational goals, business rules, business processes, actors, resources …

While modelling research typically concentrates on its more technical and formal aspects,
this paper provides a case for what we coin natural modelling. Modelling has always been …

This paper takes stock of an ongoing language merging experiment on value-based
componential language engineering. In line with earlier work, we discuss that conceptual …

This article examines the negotiation of organizational tensions by purpose-driven
consultancies, for-profit firms also motivated by social change agendas in their …

Conceptual modeling languages are purposeful artifacts, hence their design should also
start from the purpose that they serve. Such purposeful design addresses the requirements …