A framework for the identification of reusable processes

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 424-469

  de Vries, Marné ^a   Gerber, Aurona ^a,b   van der Merwec, Alta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

business IT alignment; enterprise alignment; enterprise architecture; enterprise design; enterprise engineering; enterprise ontology; operating model; process modelling; process standardisation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-IT ALIGNMENT; ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE; ENTERPRISE DESIGN; ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING; ENTERPRISE ONTOLOGY; OPERATING MODELS; PROCESS MODELLING;

INDUSTRY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84884352702     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2013.805247     Document Type: Article

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