MoKi: The Enterprise Modelling Wiki

Abstract

Abstract. Enterprise modelling focuses on the construction of a structured description, the so-called enterprise model, which represents aspects relevant to the activity of an enterprise. Although it has become clearer recently that enterprise modelling is a collaborative activity, involving a large number of people, most of the enterprise modelling tools still only support very limited degrees of collaboration. Within this contribution we describe a tool for enterprise modelling, called MoKi (MOdelling wiKI), which supports agile collaboration between all different actors involved in the enterprise modelling activities. MoKi is based on a Semantic Wiki and enables actors with different expertise to develop an enterprise model not only using structural (formal) descriptions but also adopting more informal and semi-formal descriptions of knowledge. Research Background: Enterprise ModellingAccording to [1], "an enterprise model is a computational representation of the structure, activities, processes, information, resources, people, behavior, goals, and constraints of a business, government, or other enterprise". We refer to enterprise modelling as the process of creating an enterprise model. Often, an enterprise model focuses on the description of two specific aspects of an enterprise: (i) its processes and activities, and / or (ii) the business domain within which the enterprise operates. Additionally, other aspects of an enterprise, like goals, human resources, organisational structure and roles etc. may also be important assets to be described in an enterprise model. This is due to the central role that enterprise models are playing in the development of a large number of applications, including Internet and (Semantic) Web based applications.Building an enterprise model requires a number of skills. These skills span from knowing the different aspects that have to be described in the models, to having the ability of encoding such knowledge into formal statements, to having the ability of integrating different aspects, such as structure, activities, processes, information, resources, people, behavior, goals, and constraints into a uniform and coherent vision. Given the complexity of enterprise modelling, it is unrealistic to assume that all the actors possess all the skills above. For instance different actors may have very different expertise in encoding some content into formal languages, or may know only of specific aspects of an enterprise. For this L.

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