VEnMo Proceedings
2021
9.
Tieu, Benny; Hacks, Simon
Determining Enterprise Architecture Smells from Software Architecture Smells Proceedings Article
In: 2021 IEEE 23rd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), pp. 134-142, IEEE, 2021.
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title = {Determining Enterprise Architecture Smells from Software Architecture Smells},
author = {Benny Tieu and Simon Hacks},
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year = {2021},
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abstract = {Software Architectural Smells (SA smells) are design problems in the internal structure and behavior of an SA. These can be seen as a specific category under the umbrella concept of Technical Debt (TD). TD is a central concept in software development projects and having the means to detect and measure the smells is important to understand impairments they may cause. However, TD is only limited to the technical aspects and does not describe smells found on an enterprise level. Enterprise Architecture Debt (EAD) expands the concepts of TD beyond the technical aspects such that it covers the debts that can be found in all layers of an Enterprise Architecture (EA). EA smells give a measurement for EAD, by providing means for detecting the smell, hence enabling a method to quantify the level of debt. The goal of this paper is to find EA smells derived from existing SA smells. This has resulted in three new EA smells that could be used as measurements for the quality of an EA. They can also be used in the future as a basis for automatic EA smell detection.},
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Software Architectural Smells (SA smells) are design problems in the internal structure and behavior of an SA. These can be seen as a specific category under the umbrella concept of Technical Debt (TD). TD is a central concept in software development projects and having the means to detect and measure the smells is important to understand impairments they may cause. However, TD is only limited to the technical aspects and does not describe smells found on an enterprise level. Enterprise Architecture Debt (EAD) expands the concepts of TD beyond the technical aspects such that it covers the debts that can be found in all layers of an Enterprise Architecture (EA). EA smells give a measurement for EAD, by providing means for detecting the smell, hence enabling a method to quantify the level of debt. The goal of this paper is to find EA smells derived from existing SA smells. This has resulted in three new EA smells that could be used as measurements for the quality of an EA. They can also be used in the future as a basis for automatic EA smell detection.
2020
8.
Bourmpoulias, S; Tarabanis, K
A systematic mapping study on Enterprise Architecture for the Education domain: Approaches and Challenges Proceedings Article
In: 2020 IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), pp. 30-39, IEEE 2020, ISSN: 2378-1971.
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title = {A systematic mapping study on Enterprise Architecture for the Education domain: Approaches and Challenges},
author = {S Bourmpoulias and K Tarabanis},
doi = {10.1109/CBI49978.2020.10055},
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abstract = {Nowadays, education is called upon to fulfill its mission in complex and fast-changing environments. According to the OECD, globalization, democracy issues, security risks, ageing societies and modern cultures are the global mega-trends affecting the way education deploys its functions. Enterprise Architecture (EA), as a key enabler of strategy formulation and business-IT alignment, could play a central role in helping ministries and educational organizations develop their full IT strategy and gain a competitive advantage. In this perspective, a systematic EA mapping study was conducted on major research databases, academic journals and conference proceedings, in order to identify the major approaches and challenges of EA in the education domain. A total amount of 60 articles from the past 10 years were found and analyzed (e.g. the EA lifecycle phase of each initiative). Our analysis reveals that most research focuses on the development of EA for Higher Education Institutions, while the primary, secondary education and lifelong learning are almost ignored. A notable research gap is also uncovered, namely, the small number of articles focusing on EA implementation and assessment even in the educational systems of countries considered pioneers in the field.},
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Nowadays, education is called upon to fulfill its mission in complex and fast-changing environments. According to the OECD, globalization, democracy issues, security risks, ageing societies and modern cultures are the global mega-trends affecting the way education deploys its functions. Enterprise Architecture (EA), as a key enabler of strategy formulation and business-IT alignment, could play a central role in helping ministries and educational organizations develop their full IT strategy and gain a competitive advantage. In this perspective, a systematic EA mapping study was conducted on major research databases, academic journals and conference proceedings, in order to identify the major approaches and challenges of EA in the education domain. A total amount of 60 articles from the past 10 years were found and analyzed (e.g. the EA lifecycle phase of each initiative). Our analysis reveals that most research focuses on the development of EA for Higher Education Institutions, while the primary, secondary education and lifelong learning are almost ignored. A notable research gap is also uncovered, namely, the small number of articles focusing on EA implementation and assessment even in the educational systems of countries considered pioneers in the field.
7.
Otto, L; Bley, K; Harst, L
Designing and Evaluating Prescriptive Maturity Models: A Design Science-Oriented Approach Proceedings Article
In: 2020 IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), pp. 40-47, IEEE 2020, ISSN: 2378-1971.
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title = {Designing and Evaluating Prescriptive Maturity Models: A Design Science-Oriented Approach},
author = {L Otto and K Bley and L Harst},
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abstract = {Maturity models are helpful tools to assess and improve the performance of processes, people or objects. While various guidelines supporting the design of these models exist, they mainly remain generic and lack individual guidance. Furthermore, continuous evaluation remains neglected, even though it is the basis for developing rigorous design science artefacts. Based on an existing design-oriented maturity model development procedure and a framework for continuous evaluation, this paper proposes a detailed process model for future maturity model users and developers. Following the eight steps described in this process model aims to help design prescriptive and strongly evaluated maturity models. A case study is used to illustrate the procedure by developing a maturity model for communities using telemedicine following the proposed process model.},
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Maturity models are helpful tools to assess and improve the performance of processes, people or objects. While various guidelines supporting the design of these models exist, they mainly remain generic and lack individual guidance. Furthermore, continuous evaluation remains neglected, even though it is the basis for developing rigorous design science artefacts. Based on an existing design-oriented maturity model development procedure and a framework for continuous evaluation, this paper proposes a detailed process model for future maturity model users and developers. Following the eight steps described in this process model aims to help design prescriptive and strongly evaluated maturity models. A case study is used to illustrate the procedure by developing a maturity model for communities using telemedicine following the proposed process model.
6.
Holgeid, K K; Jørgensen, M
Benefits management and agile practices in software projects: how perceived benefits are impacted Proceedings Article
In: 2020 IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), pp. 48-56, IEEE 2020, ISSN: 2378-1971.
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title = {Benefits management and agile practices in software projects: how perceived benefits are impacted},
author = {K K Holgeid and M Jørgensen},
doi = {10.1109/CBI49978.2020.10057},
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abstract = {Considerable resources are wasted on projects that deliver few or no benefits. The main objective is to better understand the characteristics of projects that are successful in delivering good client benefits. We asked 71 Norwegian software professionals to report information about projects completed between 2016 and 2018. We found that both benefits management and agile practices have a significant relationship with perceived realisation of client benefits. This includes the benefits management practices of having a plan for benefits realisation, individuals with assigned responsibility for benefits realisation, benefits management during project execution, quantification of realised benefits, evaluation of realised benefits, re-estimation of benefits during project execution, and the agile practices of a flexible scope and frequent deliveries to production. The software projects that were successful in delivering client benefits adopted benefits management and agile practices to a larger extent than the less successful ones. Future studies are required to establish more comprehensive understanding of what distinguishes projects that deliver good client benefits from the rest, including studies of the realisation of client benefits in agile software projects.},
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Considerable resources are wasted on projects that deliver few or no benefits. The main objective is to better understand the characteristics of projects that are successful in delivering good client benefits. We asked 71 Norwegian software professionals to report information about projects completed between 2016 and 2018. We found that both benefits management and agile practices have a significant relationship with perceived realisation of client benefits. This includes the benefits management practices of having a plan for benefits realisation, individuals with assigned responsibility for benefits realisation, benefits management during project execution, quantification of realised benefits, evaluation of realised benefits, re-estimation of benefits during project execution, and the agile practices of a flexible scope and frequent deliveries to production. The software projects that were successful in delivering client benefits adopted benefits management and agile practices to a larger extent than the less successful ones. Future studies are required to establish more comprehensive understanding of what distinguishes projects that deliver good client benefits from the rest, including studies of the realisation of client benefits in agile software projects.
5.
Bekel, J; Wagter, R
Measurement Of Enterprise Coherence By Means Of The Gea C-Index-A First Investigation Proceedings Article
In: 2020 IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), pp. 57-64, IEEE 2020, ISSN: 2378-1971.
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title = {Measurement Of Enterprise Coherence By Means Of The Gea C-Index-A First Investigation},
author = {J Bekel and R Wagter},
doi = {10.1109/CBI49978.2020.10058},
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year = {2020},
date = {2020-06-01},
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abstract = {Enterprise coherence governance supports enterprises to stay more coherent under dynamic circumstances. A metric for enterprise coherence would support governance and understanding correlations between coherence and enterprise's performance and/or viability. The eECA tool that is associated with the General Enterprise Architecting (GEA) framework for enterprise coherence governance has the ability to measure enterprise coherence governance. Metrics for enterprise coherence itself were not found in literature. In this paper, the GEA C-index is proposed as a tool to measure enterprise coherence. First measurements conducted with the tool strengthens the hypothesis that coherence within enterprises is unsatisfactory on average, especially at the design level of the organization. This paper aims to contribute to metrics and quantitative approaches to assess the quality of enterprise related models.},
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Enterprise coherence governance supports enterprises to stay more coherent under dynamic circumstances. A metric for enterprise coherence would support governance and understanding correlations between coherence and enterprise’s performance and/or viability. The eECA tool that is associated with the General Enterprise Architecting (GEA) framework for enterprise coherence governance has the ability to measure enterprise coherence governance. Metrics for enterprise coherence itself were not found in literature. In this paper, the GEA C-index is proposed as a tool to measure enterprise coherence. First measurements conducted with the tool strengthens the hypothesis that coherence within enterprises is unsatisfactory on average, especially at the design level of the organization. This paper aims to contribute to metrics and quantitative approaches to assess the quality of enterprise related models.
4.
Kavosi, S; Hacks, S; Lagertröm, R
Divergence Between Conceptual Business Process Management and its Practical Business Improvement Implementation: A Comparative Study Proceedings Article
In: 2020 IEEE 22nd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI), pp. 65-70, IEEE 2020, ISSN: 2378-1971.
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title = {Divergence Between Conceptual Business Process Management and its Practical Business Improvement Implementation: A Comparative Study},
author = {S Kavosi and S Hacks and R Lagertröm},
doi = {10.1109/CBI49978.2020.10059},
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year = {2020},
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abstract = {Business improvement frameworks are of high importance in today's continuously changing market as organizations strive to stay competitive. There are many different frameworks, with this work focusing on Business Process Management (BPM). The implementations of BPM in Swedish industry will be analyzed in relation to its conceptualization to see how it differs and why. We took a look at implementation case studies and conducted a focus group interview with experts situated in Sweden. The results of this study show that there are some common factors regarding BPM applied for business improvement found in the industry cases that are also highlighted by the experts and conceptualization. For instance, importance of process ownership, visualization and flow, right behavior and culture, abstraction levels and domains.},
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Business improvement frameworks are of high importance in today’s continuously changing market as organizations strive to stay competitive. There are many different frameworks, with this work focusing on Business Process Management (BPM). The implementations of BPM in Swedish industry will be analyzed in relation to its conceptualization to see how it differs and why. We took a look at implementation case studies and conducted a focus group interview with experts situated in Sweden. The results of this study show that there are some common factors regarding BPM applied for business improvement found in the industry cases that are also highlighted by the experts and conceptualization. For instance, importance of process ownership, visualization and flow, right behavior and culture, abstraction levels and domains.
2019
3.
Poels, Geert
Enterprise Modelling of Digital Innovation in Strategies, Services and Processes Proceedings Article
In: Francescomarino, Chiara Di; Dijkman, Remco; Zdun, Uwe (Ed.): Business Process Management Workshops, pp. 721–732, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-37453-2.
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title = {Enterprise Modelling of Digital Innovation in Strategies, Services and Processes},
author = {Geert Poels},
editor = {Chiara Di Francescomarino and Remco Dijkman and Uwe Zdun},
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abstract = {We report upon a study performed on 65 cases of digital innovation where graduate business students applied enterprise modelling to analyze and demonstrate the impact and value of implementing digital technologies. As students could freely choose which enterprise modelling techniques to apply, these cases provide insight into which enterprise modelling approaches and which types of enterprise models they preferred to use for the analysis. The study relates those preferences to type of digital technology implemented and the focus area of the digital innovation, i.e., strategy, services (internal and external) and processes. The preliminary insights from this study help directing further research on how enterprise modelling can have value for managerial decision-making on digital innovation.},
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We report upon a study performed on 65 cases of digital innovation where graduate business students applied enterprise modelling to analyze and demonstrate the impact and value of implementing digital technologies. As students could freely choose which enterprise modelling techniques to apply, these cases provide insight into which enterprise modelling approaches and which types of enterprise models they preferred to use for the analysis. The study relates those preferences to type of digital technology implemented and the focus area of the digital innovation, i.e., strategy, services (internal and external) and processes. The preliminary insights from this study help directing further research on how enterprise modelling can have value for managerial decision-making on digital innovation.
2.
Veitch, Ross S; Seymour, Lisa F
Measuring Business Process Model Reuse in a Process Repository Proceedings Article
In: Francescomarino, Chiara Di; Dijkman, Remco; Zdun, Uwe (Ed.): Business Process Management Workshops, pp. 733–744, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-37453-2.
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title = {Measuring Business Process Model Reuse in a Process Repository},
author = {Ross S Veitch and Lisa F Seymour},
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abstract = {The value of process modeling increases with process model reuse. Previous research into process model reuse has focused on behavioral aspects of reuse such as the intention to reuse, the repeated reuse of a process model over time, and the identification of elements of process models which could be reused. However, process model reuse can also be considered from the perspective of the reuse of process models by other process models in the same repository. Such a measure would be a direct measure of whether process modelers are creating bespoke versions of existing process models or are indeed reusing existing process models and reaping some of the purported benefits of reuse. Furthermore, it would provide a measure of reuse which can be automated. Organizations which operate in a multi-channel, multi-product environment have business processes which frequently share functionality (consider authentication for example) and which may be used in different organizational units. While the reuse of complete process models in a process repository is one of the benefits of using a process repository, no research could be found relating to the measurement of the reuse of complete process models by other process models within such a repository. We believe that this paper is the first to propose and validate a measure of complete process model reuse by other process models in the same process repository. The measure is then applied to a real-world process repository of a large financial services organization, illustrating the applicability and potential usefulness of the measure.},
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The value of process modeling increases with process model reuse. Previous research into process model reuse has focused on behavioral aspects of reuse such as the intention to reuse, the repeated reuse of a process model over time, and the identification of elements of process models which could be reused. However, process model reuse can also be considered from the perspective of the reuse of process models by other process models in the same repository. Such a measure would be a direct measure of whether process modelers are creating bespoke versions of existing process models or are indeed reusing existing process models and reaping some of the purported benefits of reuse. Furthermore, it would provide a measure of reuse which can be automated. Organizations which operate in a multi-channel, multi-product environment have business processes which frequently share functionality (consider authentication for example) and which may be used in different organizational units. While the reuse of complete process models in a process repository is one of the benefits of using a process repository, no research could be found relating to the measurement of the reuse of complete process models by other process models within such a repository. We believe that this paper is the first to propose and validate a measure of complete process model reuse by other process models in the same process repository. The measure is then applied to a real-world process repository of a large financial services organization, illustrating the applicability and potential usefulness of the measure.
1.
de Brito Dias, Clemilson Luís; Dani, Vinicius Stein; Mendling, Jan; Thom, Lucineia Heloisa
Anti-patterns for Process Modeling Problems: An Analysis of BPMN 2.0-Based Tools Behavior Proceedings Article
In: Francescomarino, Chiara Di; Dijkman, Remco; Zdun, Uwe (Ed.): Business Process Management Workshops, pp. 745–757, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-37453-2.
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title = {Anti-patterns for Process Modeling Problems: An Analysis of BPMN 2.0-Based Tools Behavior},
author = {Clemilson Luís de Brito Dias and Vinicius Stein Dani and Jan Mendling and Lucineia Heloisa Thom},
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abstract = {Process modeling is increasingly conducted in business by non-expert modelers. For this reason, the increasing uptake of notations like BPMN has been accompanied by problems such syntactic and semantic errors. These modeling problems may hamper process understanding and cause unexpected behavior during process execution. A set of common modeling problems has been classified as anti-patterns in the literature. Up until now, it is not clear to which extent these anti-patterns can be spotted during modeling. In this paper, we investigate anti-pattern support based on a selection of prominent BPMN tools. The research contribution is two-fold: we demonstrate the importance of qualification of the analyst for the task of process modeling; and, we identify the need for process modeling tools to detect the use of anti-patterns, feedbacking the user more actively and explicitly about problems to be corrected in the process models.},
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Process modeling is increasingly conducted in business by non-expert modelers. For this reason, the increasing uptake of notations like BPMN has been accompanied by problems such syntactic and semantic errors. These modeling problems may hamper process understanding and cause unexpected behavior during process execution. A set of common modeling problems has been classified as anti-patterns in the literature. Up until now, it is not clear to which extent these anti-patterns can be spotted during modeling. In this paper, we investigate anti-pattern support based on a selection of prominent BPMN tools. The research contribution is two-fold: we demonstrate the importance of qualification of the analyst for the task of process modeling; and, we identify the need for process modeling tools to detect the use of anti-patterns, feedbacking the user more actively and explicitly about problems to be corrected in the process models.