To align an IT system with organization's needs, it is necessary to understand the position within its environment as well internal configuration. In SEAM for Enterprise Architecture organization considered a hierarchy of systems that span from business down IT. The alignment process addresses complete hierarchy. We illustrate use example in which new hiring and are developed. With this approach possible train engineers design alignment. It also scope projects way integrate both strategies....

Recent discussions raised by the BPM community illustrate increasing demand of practitioners in solutions for descriptive, knowledge-intensive processes. As a matter fact, majority modeling formalisms presented on market today fails providing an appropriate level adaptability while ensuring validation and control such In this work we present approach based Declarative Configurable specifications that capture processes at three abstraction levels: design, deployment, execution. result, DeCo...

The early requirements of an IT system should be aligned with the organization's business imperatives. To understand these imperatives it is necessary to position within its environment. SEAM for Business a method designed analyzing competitive environment organization, including relationships customers, partners, and market regulators. From this analysis, main systems can inferred. We illustrate use real project aimed at redesigning website consulting company.

Process-aware information systems (PAIS) supporting knowledge-intensive processes are gaining importance nowadays. Crisis management process is an example of a that grounded on vast experience multiple actors (e.g., city services, volunteers, administration) and their collaboration. Automated crisis have to comply with various norms regulations; at the same time, they need constantly deal uncertainty adapt scenario current situation. In this paper, we consider flood implemented as part COS...

IT organizations that wish to implement the best practices recommended by Infrastructure Library (ITIL) need specify level of service provided their customers. The implemented needs comply with this specification. We propose a method for describing declarative specifications services, and planned constructions. These can then be used verify alignment between specification construction. This is based on first-order logic refinement theory verification. verification automated using Alloy...

Business process modeling techniques, such as BPMN, encourage the early specification of exact order in which activities will be executed. However, a business may exposed to different environments and subjected many conditions sequence cannot identified at design time. We present declarative specifications that can used align optional customizations, well redesign, with strategy organization. These complement traditional (imperative) model by specifying independently from particular environment.

Business and IT alignment demands clear traceability between the applications to be developed business requirements. SEAM is a systemic visual approach for modeling systems, including information systems organizations. This paper illustrates how we represent role of an application its platform-specific realization in SEAM. We use Java Pet Store sample as example.

To align an IT system with organization's needs, it is necessary to understand the position within its environment as well internal configuration. In SEAM for Enterprise Architecture organization considered a hierarchy of systems that span from business down IT. The alignment process addresses complete hierarchy. We illustrate use example in which new hiring and are developed. With this approach possible train engineers design alignment. It also scope projects way integrate both strategies....

The decentralization of organizations and subsequent change to their management operation style requires major changes in organization processes heavily involves the IT. This paper demonstrates, however, that EA is primarily aimed at centralized organizational structures as such has shortcomings when applied decentralized organizations. Overcoming these deficiencies new principles be introduced incorporated into knowledge. A potential source for are peer-to-peer architectures, which tackles...

In this dissertation we investigate how Business/IT alignment in enterprise models can be enhanced by using a software engineering stepwise refinement paradigm. To have an IT system that supports and meets the business needs, management seeks to align with systems. Enterprise Architecture (EA) is discipline addresses design of aligned SEAM method, developed Laboratory Systemic Modeling (LAMS) at EPFL. defines visual language for building model organization. work, develop theory propose...