Start Date
16-8-2018 12:00 AM
Description
Models are a fundamental aspect of enterprise architecture, as they capture the concepts and relationships that describe the essentials of the different enterprise domains. A meta-model, in model-driven engineering parlance, defines the rules to create and update such models. Over time, to keep up with the need to capture a more complex reality in their enterprise architecture models, organizations need to enrich the meta-model and upgrade the existing models accordingly. In this article, we present a catalog of operations that enables the automation of co-evolution of enterprise architecture models, driven by a set of meta-model changes. The operations presented refer to the evolution of the ArchiMate meta-model since it is commonly used in the design of business architecture models.
Recommended Citation
Silva, Nuno; Mira da Silva, Miguel; and Sousa, Pedro, "CO-EVOC: An Enterprise Architecture Model Co-Evolution Operations Catalog" (2018). AMCIS 2018 Proceedings. 3.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2018/Enterprise/Presentations/3
CO-EVOC: An Enterprise Architecture Model Co-Evolution Operations Catalog
Models are a fundamental aspect of enterprise architecture, as they capture the concepts and relationships that describe the essentials of the different enterprise domains. A meta-model, in model-driven engineering parlance, defines the rules to create and update such models. Over time, to keep up with the need to capture a more complex reality in their enterprise architecture models, organizations need to enrich the meta-model and upgrade the existing models accordingly. In this article, we present a catalog of operations that enables the automation of co-evolution of enterprise architecture models, driven by a set of meta-model changes. The operations presented refer to the evolution of the ArchiMate meta-model since it is commonly used in the design of business architecture models.