Within the information systems field, the task of conceptual modeling involves building a
representation of selected phenomena in some domain. High-quality conceptual modeling …

Business process modelling (BPM) has become fundamental for modern enterprises due to
the increasing rate of organisational change. As a consequence, business processes need …

The main objective of this thesis is to contribute to the theory of Conceptual Modeling by
proposing ontological foundations for structural conceptual models. Conceptual Modeling is …

Object-Process Methodology (OPM) is a comprehensive novel approach to systems
engineering. Integrating function, structure and behavior in a single, unifying model, OPM …

Representation theory (RT) is one of few long-standing, native theories in the Information
Systems discipline. Over the past 30 years, RT has spawned a wide program of research …

We propose a software requirements analysis method based on domain ontology technique,
where we can establish a mapping between a software requirements specification and the …

Even with today's 'best practice'software, commercial packages continue to pose significant
alignment challenges for many organisations. This paper proposes a conceptual framework …

An extension of process modeling languages is designed which allows representing the
semantics of model element labels which are formulated in natural language by using …

We present a generic reverse engineering process, aimed at developing a model that
captures the available alternatives at different application levels of an Enterprise Resource …

Understanding the business is an important step in information system (IS) development.
Conceptual models are descriptions of the organizational context for which a system is …