Modelling of the People, by the People, for the People

Abstract

Modeling approaches as we know them today started to be used in a large scale around 30 years ago, using DFDs and ER-diagrams. Still the main focus is for intermediaries to document the knowledge as held by different stakeholders for further use, rather than for people themselves to use these means for knowledge representation for their own needs. Although useful e.g. in systems development, for modeling to have a larger effect, we propose a move the field to enable all knowledge workers to be active modelers. This chapter provides an overview of interactive models as an approach to support this vision, and gives an overview of the necessary future development to make this a reality on a large scale.