Metamodelling platforms

Abstract

The elements of an enterprise are managed more and more model-based. The state-ofthe- art in the area of modelling of organisations is based on fixed metamodels. Product models are created by using product modelling environments, process models are created in business process modelling tools and organisational models are realised in personnel management tools. Web service models link these business models to information technology. They are created by using standardised languages and common ontologies. Information technology is modelled in tools supporting notions such as workflow or object-orientation. The models of the company’s strategy, goals and the appropriate measurements are described and monitored by using tools supporting management concepts such as Balanced Scorecard. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002.