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In complex business modelling and software development projects, we often observe that teams focus on those aspects of a system that are well understood or easy to resolve, while a blind eye is turned (consciously or subconsciously) to the actual value and effort drivers – i.e. those components that require higher effort due to their intrinsic value, risk, complexity or uncertainty. In this paper, we introduce a pragmatic approach for highlighting elements of high-level business and system models with visual annotations that mark particular issues, requirements or complexities that would otherwise not immediately meet the eye, and would thus present risks to a project’s successful completion if uncovered too late.
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This is an extended version of work presented at the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques (SoMeT 2014) [1].
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Book, M., Grapenthin, S., Gruhn, V. (2015). Highlighting Value and Effort Drivers Early in Business and System Models. In: Fujita, H., Selamat, A. (eds) Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques. SoMeT 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 513. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17530-0_15
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