Title :
Supporting organisational evolution by means of model-driven reengineering frameworks
Author :
Ruiz, M. ; Espana, Sergio ; Pastor, O. ; Gonzalez, Adriana
Author_Institution :
PROS Res. Centre, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
Enterprise systems need to evolve to be adapted with changes in their context. Model-driven reengineering frameworks have been developed in order to support post-delivery life cycle activities and software system maintenance (for instance, architecture-driven modernisation is an object management group initiative). However, existing proposals are general purpose and full support for an organisational reengineering framework is still needed. This paper presents a research effort aiming at designing and developing guidelines and tools for supporting model-driven organisational improvement. We propose to support model evolution by means of two artefacts: a pattern definition metamodel and an evolution metamodel. As a proof of concept, this paper applies the proposal to support business process evolution. We illustrate an instance of these metamodels by means of a laboratory-demo. We also discuss benefits and limitations of our proposal.
Keywords :
business process re-engineering; data models; meta data; organisational aspects; software development management; software maintenance; software tools; business process evolution; enterprise system; evolution metamodel; guideline design; guideline development; model driven organisational improvement; model-driven reengineering framework; organisational evolution; organisational reengineering framework; pattern definition metamodel; post delivery life cycle activity; software system maintenance; software tool; Adaptation models; Analytical models; Context; Context modeling; Proposals; Unified modeling language; Communication Analysis; continuous improvement; model evolution; model management; model traceability; model-driven reengineering; pattern definition metamodel;
Conference_Titel :
Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS), 2013 IEEE Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2912-5
DOI :
10.1109/RCIS.2013.6577682