Bridging the gap between business and IT in service oriented business collaboration

In this paper we introduce a business collaboration design framework (BCDF), which provides a systematic way for analyzing the requirements and modeling the activities involved in business collaboration development. The ideas presented are illustrated using a complex multi-party, insurance claim handling scenario. The work presented herein emphasizes the relevance of the BCDF for modeling at high level and aligning these high level business requirements to technical realization.