Adaptable Enterprise Modeling – A New Challenge for Collaborative Data and Process-Aware Management Systems

Abstract:

• • The purpose of an informational system is to reflect the business it is supposed to assist.

  • This is the reason why the informational system needs a representation of the business objects that are involved in the processes and also the business rules that are applied to the business objects.

  • Every object is simpler than we can think and also more complex than we can imagine.

  • Objects should be represented as simple as they are, not simpler and not more complicated.

  • Anytime people need to communicate or record information, in any context, it is very useful to create a model.

  • Once the model is implemented into a business application, most of these software platforms are too inflexible to keep pace with the business processes they support and take place in a changing business context.

  • This paper introduces an adaptive approach for enterprise data and process flow modeling in informational systems.

Introduction:

• • Developing and keeping up-to-date an informational system involves time, resources with high-costs and specialists to ensure the success of the system.

  • Most business applications are too inflexible to keep pace with the business processes they support.

  • The business context where the organization interacts with other economic agents is characterized by a continuous change that must be reflected in the business application in order to maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of the business.

  • In the process of software development, the main objective of the analysis process is to discover, understand and document the business needs and requirements of a certain system [1].

  • A model is an abstract representation of a specification, design or system, from a particular perspective.

  • The development of a model during the design of a software application has the purpose to express the essentials, most of the times visually, by one or more diagrams that have a clearly defined and well understood meaning.

  • The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the most used language for visual notations that enable people to identify, think about and discuss problems and find direct solutions.

  • UML allows a model to be constructed, viewed, developed, and manipulated in a standard way at analysis and design time.

  • UML models allow an application design to be evaluated and critiqued before it is coded, when changes are easier and less expensive to make [2].

  • The Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) defines an approach to modeling that separates the specification of system functionality from the specification of its implementation on a specific technology platform [3].

  • Based on models, the Model-Driven Architecture is major evolutionary step in the development of the software field.

  • MDA starts with the idea of separating the specification of the operation of a system from the details of the way that system uses the capabilities of its platform.

  • The 3 primary goals of MDA are portability, interoperability and reusability through architectural separation of concerns [4].

  • The approach of reality using models and events creates a simplified and holistic view of any type of system.

  • This paper aims to synchronize the business applications with the dynamic environment by introducing an adaptive approach for enterprise data and process flow modeling in information systems.

A SOA and Event-Driven Architecture Approach:

Conclusion:

• • The purpose of this paper is to reveal the importance of adaptable applications in the definition of data and process models from the perspective of strategy, analysis and execution.

  • Systems and technology tend to borrow more of the characteristics from the business architecture objects and processes they assist.

  • New software for enterprise management must adapt to the business and its work and evolve with it.