Business to IT transformations revisited

Abstract

Bridging the gap between business and IT is a significant challenge companies face today. One approach is using automated model transformations to derive IT implementations from business process models. In spite of extensive research on such model transformations, the problem is still not solved from a practical point of view. In this paper, we provide a classification of existing literature on the topic and relate these transformation approaches to real-world requirements. We provide a conceptual framework for business to IT transformations that identifies open directions for future research. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.