To achieve a close alignment of information systems and enterprises their designs have to be interwoven to a mutually supportive pattern. This requires compatible languages for expressing the designs. We suggest a framework for integrating two hitherto distinct languages specialized for the respective domain, UML and SIMM. With the help of a case study we demonstrate that this integration does indeed support the co-design of an enterprise model and an information systems model.
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Rittgen, P. (2007). Co-designing Models for Enterprises and Information Systems – A Case for Language Integration. In: Magyar, G., Knapp, G., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, W.G., Zupančič, J. (eds) Advances in Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70761-7_7
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