Semantic processing of conceptual models is a focus of research since several years, bridging the disciplines of knowledge-based systems, conceptual modeling, and model-driven software engineering. With the uptake of Knowledge Graphs, the research in …
The COVID-19 pandemic did not only dramatically impact the personal and social lives, for many academics, it also demanded immediate changes to the way their courses are taught. While a pragmatic approach is to do conventional lectures via video …
The heterogeneity in enterprise design stakeholders and models gen- erally demands for consistent and efficient transformations of enterprise design knowledge between different conceptual modelling languages. A systematic pro- cess and precise …
This paper reports on the plenary panel discussion on "How to Build a Perfect Enterprise Modeling Method" held at the PoEM 2021 conference. The panel was charged with finding a pathway to the perfect enterprise modeling method. The panelists have a …
The Entity Relationship model is the de-facto standard for data modeling and has been in use for a long time already. This popularity also led to the development of various tools that support ER modeling. However, these tools are often inflexible, …
The Digital Transformation of our society requires IT infrastructures to be more agile, more adaptive, and more connected than ever. At the same time, the owners of such infrastructures are confronted with an increase in regulatory pressure (e.g., …
Microservices Architectures (MSAs) are continuously replacing monolithic systems toward achieving more flexible and maintainable service-oriented software systems. However, the shift toward an MSA also requires a technological and managerial shift …
A core strength of enterprise architecture (EA) models is their holistic and integrative nature. With ArchiMate, a de-facto industry standard for modeling EAs is available and widely adopted. However, with the growing complexity of enterprise …
When designing modeling languages, researchers and practitioners often take contradicting positions. While the former argue for formal soundness and precise specification, practitioners aim for more flexibility in using a modeling language, i.e., by …
Hitherto, the concept of Enterprise Architecture (EA) Smells has been proposed to assess quality flaws in EAs and their models. Together with this new concept, a catalog of different EA Smells has been published and a first prototype was developed. …