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Enterprise Systems potentially lead to significant efficiency gains but require a well-conducted configuration process. A promising idea to manage and simplify the configuration process is based on the premise of using reference models for this task. Our paper continues along this idea and delivers a two-fold contribution: first, we present a generic process for the task of model-driven Enterprise Systems configuration including the steps of (a) Specification of configurable reference models, (b) Configuration of configurable reference models, (c) Transformation of configured reference models to regular build time models, (d) Deployment of the generated build time models, (e) Controlling of implementation models to provide input to the configuration, and (f) Consolidation of implementation models to provide input to reference model specification. We discuss inputs and outputs as well as the involvement of different roles and validation mechanisms. Second, we present an instantiation case of this generic process for Enterprise Systems configuration based on Configurable EPCs.
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Recker, J., Mendling, J., van der Aalst, W., Rosemann, M. (2006). Model-Driven Enterprise Systems Configuration. In: Dubois, E., Pohl, K. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering. CAiSE 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4001. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11767138_25
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