Title :
A framework for modeling strategy, business processes and information systems
Author :
Vasconcelos, André ; Caetano, Artur ; Neves, João ; Sinogas, Pedro ; Mendes, Ricardo ; Tribolet, José
Author_Institution :
Centro de Eng. Organ., INESC, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
In order to continuously improve its knowledge and to identify problems and possible solutions, an organization requires understanding of the way business is aligned with the organizational strategy and how information systems are supporting the business. The paper presents a framework for describing and associating organizational concepts at multiple levels of detail using three separate areas of concerns: goals and strategy, business processes, and information systems. The framework is presented as an extension to the Unified Modeling Language (UML) using a standard UML Profile. The framework concepts are illustrated by modeling the purchase and sales business operations of a retail store from the strategic, process and information systems viewpoints
Keywords :
business data processing; information systems; retail data processing; specification languages; strategic planning; Unified Modeling Language extension; business process modeling; information systems modeling; information systems viewpoints; organizational concepts; organizational strategy; purchase operations; retail store; sales business operations; standard UML Profile; Costs; Information systems; Information technology; Internet; Joining processes; LAN interconnection; Marketing and sales; Power system modeling; Software standards; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, 2001. EDOC '01. Proceedings. Fifth IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1345-X
DOI :
10.1109/EDOC.2001.950424