Abstract
Information systems are intended to provide organisations with a new way of sustaining themselves, by helping them manage their activities using innovative technologies. Information systems require aligned levels for maximum effectiveness. In this context, business and information technology (IT) alignment is an important issue for the success of organisations. This paper presents the first step of the proposed approach to align the software system level, modelled by a Unified Modeling Language (UML) class diagram, with the business process level, modelled by the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) model. A model-driven architecture approach is proposed as a means to transform a set of BPMN models into a UML class diagram. A set of transformation rules is proposed, followed by guidelines that help apply those rules.
Highlights
The effective operation of organisations requires an approach that assesses and corrects ambiguities between its different entities
We focus on Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) languages because they are standards defined by the Object Management Group (OMG)
In this paper, we focus on a business process level modelled by BPMN and a software system level modelled by a UML class diagram
Summary
The effective operation of organisations requires an approach that assesses and corrects ambiguities between its different entities. In another context, the levels of an organisation's information system may be modelled by different teams. Each team may have a different perspective regarding the system, which can result misaligned levels. Another example is the case of two organizations that merge in such a way that their levels may be of different natures. For all the mentioned situations, it seems to be a strong necessity to apply an alignment approach in order to have a successful information system. In this context, approaches of related work based on business process and software system levels are analysed through this paper.
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