Authors:
Ralf Knackstedt
;
Christian Janiesch
and
Tobias Rieke
Affiliation:
European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Münster, Germany
Keyword(s):
Reference models, configuration, transaction processing, decision support, integration, methods.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Modeling Concepts and Information Integration Tools
;
Modeling Formalisms, Languages and Notations
Abstract:
Reference models are of normative, universal nature and provide a solution schema for specific problems by depicting best or common-practice approaches. The configuration of these reference models has been a field of research in the past. However, the integrative configuration of different reference models or respectively reference models serving multiple purposes lacks of applicable methods. In practice this is a common problem as the simultaneous implementation of an enterprise resource planning system and a management information system shows. We provide a method that allows the integrative configuration of conceptual models for transaction processing and decision support by integrating meta models for modeling languages. In addition, we exemplarily show its application to extend an existing reference model.