ENTERPRISE MODELING AND INTEGRATION - A TAXONOMY OF 7 KEY ASPECTS

Enterprise Engineering (EE), Enterprise Integration (EI), Enterprise M odelling (EM) and Enterprise Integration Modelling (EIM), which have b een given the collective term 'Enterprise Modelling and Integration' ( EMI) in this paper, are all concerned with, in one way or another, the definition, analysis, redesign and integration of business processes, process data and knowledge, software applications and information sys tems within an enterprise in order for it to achieve marked advancemen ts in terms of overall organization performance. However, understandin g the complexities involved and relationships between the theories out lined above is a taxing task. The objective of this paper is to provid e a concise description on the assortment of topics associated with EM I. This is brought about by assembling and classifying EMI literature under seven key aspects: namely Drivers, Goals, Domains, Types, Modell ing, Scale and Issues. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.