Capability-based Communication Analysis for Enterprise Modelling

Abstract

[EN] Capability-orientedenterprisemodellingcanprovideeffectivesolutionstofacechangingbusiness context. Inthebusinessdomain,thenotionofcapabilityhasgainedalotofattentionsinceitguidesthe activitiesofservicespecificationanddesign. Simultaneously,theresearchcommunityhasbeenpromoting theintegrationofmodel-drivendevelopment(MDD)approacheswithenterprisemodellingtosupportthe link between enterprise and software specifications. This integration has becoming vital to ensure the traceabilityofenterprisemodelsandsoftwareimplementations,accelerationofsoftwaretimetomarket, quality assurance, and enterprise model evolution support. The capability-driven development (CDD) method has been recently developed and applied in various industrial use cases. But, the link between the CDD method and strong funded MDD approaches has not been explored. In this paper we explore theintegrationoftheCDDmethodwiththeCommunicationAnalysismethod(acommunication-oriented business process modelling method), which is supported by means of MDD frameworks. Among the advantagestoaddthecommunicationalperspectivetotheCDDmethod,wewanttohighlightthepossibility toofferahighlevelanalysisofbusinessprocessmodelsthatfocusonthecommunicationsbetweendifferent organisationalactors,assoastoofferfurthertransformationfacilitiesintosoftwarecomponents. Withthis integration,wegivethefirststepstoofferautomationfacilitiestocapability-drivenenvironments