Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

1.1 Problem statement.- 1.2 Research method.- 1.2.1 Research goals and research questions.- 1.2.2 Engineering, design and empirical cycles.- 1.3 Means to achieve the main research goal.- 1.4 The TraceME method in a nutshell.- 1.5 Outline of the book.- 2.1 Traceability in conceptual model evolution.- 2.2 Measuring conceptual models evolution .- 2.3 Model-driven organisational reengineering frameworks.- 2.4 Goal-driven requirements engineering.- 2.5 Evolution requirements and information system co-evolution.- 2.6 TraceME and related MDD solutions.- 2.7 Summary.- 3.1 The basics.- 3.2 A theoretical framework for model-driven development.- 3.3 A theoretical framework for organisational reengineering.- 3.4 Summary.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Background and running example.- 4.2.1 The i* framework in a nutshell.- 4.2.2 The Communication Analysis method in a nutshell.- 4.3 The GoBIS framework .- 4.3.1 Research Method.- 4.3.2 Modelling language integration.- 4.3.3 Ontological mapping between i* and CA.- 4.3.4 Metamodel integration: the GoBIS metamodel.- 4.4 iStar2ca guidelines: top-down scenario guidelines.- 4.5 evolCA procedure: evolution scenario procedure.- 4.6 ca2oom integration framework. -4.7 Delta analysis.- 4.7.1 Delta models specification.- 4.7.2 Delta models measurement.- 4.7.3 Delta models and metrics interpretation report.- 4.7.4 Delta analysis metamodel.- 4.8 Summary.- 5.1 Motivation.- 5.2 TraceME method: the construction.- 5.3 A method engineering effort to construct TraceME.- 5.4 The TraceME Method.- 5.4.1 Introduction.- 5.4.2 Perspective.- 5.4.3 Framework.- 5.4.4 Cooperation principles.- 5.5 Method chunk iStar2ca guidelines.- 5.5.1 Concepts.- 5.5.2 Procedure.- 5.5.3 Notation.- 5.6 Method chunk ca2oom integration framework.- 5.6.1 Concepts.- 5.6.2 Procedure.- 5.6.3 Notation.- 5.7 Method chunk evolCA procedure.- 5.7.1 Concepts.- 5.7.2 Procedure.- 5.7.3 Notation.- 5.8 Method chunk Delta Analysis.- 5.8.1 Concepts.- 5.8.2 Procedure.- 5.8.3 Notation.- 5.9 Situational-oriented assembling of the TraceME chunks.- 5.10 Summary.- 6.1 Introduction. -6.2 Validation of the iStar2ca guidelines - a laboratory demonstration and comparative experiment .- 6.2.1 Laboratory demonstration.- 6.2.2 Comparative experiment.- 6.3 Validation of the Delta Analysis technique: Action research experience in everis Spain.- 6.3.1 Design of the action research in everis.- 6.3.2 Discussion.- 6.4 Validation of the ca2oom integration framework: an experiment for sensitive analysis.- 6.4.1 Experimental design.- 6.4.2 Experimental procedure.- 6.4.3 Conclusions and lessons learnt.- 6.5 Validation of the evolCA procedure: A feasibility analysis .- 6.5.1 Design and procedure.- 6.5.2 Conclusions and lessons learnt.- 6.6 Summary.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 The GREAT Process Modeller.- 7.3 Plug-in for the GoBIS framework.- 7.4 Plug-in the Delta Analysis technique.- 7.5 Summary.- 8.1 Wrap up: main contributions.- 8.2 Open challenges.