Reuse of conceptual models in small and medium size companies by means of adaptive component-based reference modelling (RefMod06)

Basic data for this project

Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project

Duration at the University of Münster: 01/01/2004 - 30/06/2006

Description

The early phases in software engineering processes are particularly important since mistakes made in these phases frequently result in enormous additional project costs. Reference models facilitate the conceptual design of information systems and help small and medium size software companies to design their software, especially when additional components for standard software or individual software have to be deployed. The objective of the project "RefMod 06" was to develop a repository-based reference modeling tool. The repository provides existing reference models of a domain that can be reused and extended by software companies. Existing reference modeling variants can be easily selected. Also additional variants of a reference model can be defined. The underlying modeling technique considers both the project-specific composition and the adaption of conceptual model components. Any customization affects models as well as meta-models, since alternative perspectives on models are derived by including or disregarding parts of conceptual models. Key performance indicators provide for an efficient monitoring of the software. The process of developing software from conceptual models is accelerated by utilizing code generators.

Keywords: Reference Modeling; Method Engineering; Model adaptation; Model variant management

Funding identifier: 01ISC05A

Funder / funding scheme:

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)

Project management at the University of Münster

Becker, Jörg	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Delfmann, Carsten Patrick	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)

Applicants from the University of Münster

Becker, Jörg

Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)

Research associates from the University of Münster

Herwig, Sebastian	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)
Stein, Armin	Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS)

Project partners outside the University of Münster

IDS Scheer AGGermany
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)Germany
Bison Deutschland GmbHGermany

Publications of the University of Münster resulting from the project

Adaptive Reference Modeling. Integrating Configurative and Generic Adaptation Techniques for Information Models Becker J, Delfmann P, Knackstedt R (2007) In: Becker, J.; Delfmann, P. (eds.), Reference Modeling. Efficient Information Systems Design Through Reuse of Information Models, 27-58. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-7908-1966-3_2 Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Adaptive Risikoreferenzmodellierung Becker J, Rieke T (2005) In: Keuper, F.; Roesing, D.; Schomann, M. (eds.), Integriertes Risiko- und Ertragsmanagement, 267-293. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag. Research article (book contribution) \| Published
Konstruktion von Referenzmodellierungssprachen. Ein Ordnungsrahmen zur Spezifikation von Adaptionsmechanismen für Informationsmodelle Becker J, Delfmann P, Knackstedt R (2004) In: Wirtschaftsinformatik, 46(4), 251-264. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Adaption fachkonzeptioneller Referenzprozessmodelle Becker J, Delfmann P, Knackstedt R (2004) In: Industrie-Management, 20(1), 19-22. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Anpassung von Referenzmodellen mit adapt(x) Delfmann, Patrick; Rieke, Tobias; Stein, Armin (2007) In: Becker, Jörg; Delfmann, Patrick; Rieke, Tobias (eds.), Effiziente Softwareentwicklung mit Referenzmodellen, 43-59. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-7908-1994-6_4 Research article (book contribution) \| Published

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Doctorates resulting from the project

Erweiterung des Supply Chain Operations Reference-Modells - Anforderungen, Konzepte und Werkzeuge
Candidate: Stein, Armin | Supervisors: Becker, Jörg; Hellingrath, Bernd
Period of time: 01/09/2006 - 25/03/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster

Adaptive Reference Modeling. Integrating Configurative and Generic Adaptation Techniques for Information Models Becker J, Delfmann P, Knackstedt R (2007) In: Becker, J.; Delfmann, P. (eds.), Reference Modeling. Efficient Information Systems Design Through Reuse of Information Models, 27-58. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-7908-1966-3_2 Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Adaptive Risikoreferenzmodellierung Becker J, Rieke T (2005) In: Keuper, F.; Roesing, D.; Schomann, M. (eds.), Integriertes Risiko- und Ertragsmanagement, 267-293. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag. Research article (book contribution) \| Published
Konstruktion von Referenzmodellierungssprachen. Ein Ordnungsrahmen zur Spezifikation von Adaptionsmechanismen für Informationsmodelle Becker J, Delfmann P, Knackstedt R (2004) In: Wirtschaftsinformatik, 46(4), 251-264. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Adaption fachkonzeptioneller Referenzprozessmodelle Becker J, Delfmann P, Knackstedt R (2004) In: Industrie-Management, 20(1), 19-22. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Anpassung von Referenzmodellen mit adapt(x) Delfmann, Patrick; Rieke, Tobias; Stein, Armin (2007) In: Becker, Jörg; Delfmann, Patrick; Rieke, Tobias (eds.), Effiziente Softwareentwicklung mit Referenzmodellen, 43-59. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-7908-1994-6_4 Research article (book contribution) \| Published