Reference Modeling for Business Systems Analysis

Conceptual models play an increasingly important role in all phases of the information systems life cycle. Despite being vital for developing information systems, the modeling process is often resource consuming and faulty. Reference Modeling for Business Systems Analysis addresses the problems by covering methodological issues and reference models for several industries, and introduces concepts and techniques with concrete examples.

Table of Contents

Chapter I: Perspectives on Reference Modeling
Section I: Reference Modeling Languages
Chapter II: Configurable Refererence Modeling Languages
Chapter III: Design Principles for Reference Modeling: Reusing Information Models by Means of Aggregation, Specialisation, Instantiation, and Analogy
Section II: Reference Modeling Methods
Chapter IV: Process Model for an Empirically Grounded Reference Model Construction
Chapter V: Business Modeling in Process-Oriented Organizations for RUP_Based Software Development
Chapter VI: Evaluation of Reference Models
Chapter VII: Using Reference Models in Enterprise Architecture: An Example
Section III: Reference Models
Chapter VIII: A Reference Model for Industrial Enterprises
Chapter IX: Reference Model for Retail Enterprises
Chapter X: A Reference Model for Savings Banks
Chapter XI: A Reference Model for Strategic Supply Network Development
Chapter XII: E-Business Reference Models
Chapter XIII: Evaluation of Selected Enterprise Reference Models
Section IV: Reference Modeling Context
Chapter XIV: Reference Model Management
Chapter XV: Configuration Management for Reference Models
Chapter XVI: Interchange Formats for Reference Models
Chapter XVII: Lessons Learned in Reference Modeling