Representing analysis models for alignment

We address the alignment problem following the Business Driven Development model. A representation system for the first stage of BDD, namely, model is proposed. It is argued that the representation system should be a pure conceptualization of the business process, should abstract out important constructs of business processes, and should be able to represent both intra and inter organization processes. We use the notion of dependency graphs developed in the generic method model as our representation system and show that it meets our requirements. We consider three intra-organization processes and then put them together in an inter organization system, the supply chain system, to illustrate that the proposed representation can handle both kinds of systems. Through this example, we also show that the last stage of BDD, analyze and adapt can also be facilitated by the proposed representation.