| Preface | 5 |
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| Contents | 7 |
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| Version Management for Reference Models: Design and Implementation | 11 |
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| 1 Initial Situation and Problem | 11 |
| 2 Methodical Considerations and Course of the Analysis | 12 |
| 3 Terminological Foundation | 13 |
| Reference Model Development Reference Model Usage | 16 |
| 4 Requirements Definition for the Management of Reference Model Versions | 16 |
| 5 Design Specification for the Version Management of Reference Models | 22 |
| 6 Implementation of the Reference Model Version Management Tool | 26 |
| 7 Related Work | 31 |
| 8 Discussion of the Results and Outlook | 32 |
| Acknowledgements | 33 |
| References | 33 |
| Adaptive Reference Modeling: Integrating Configurative and Generic Adaptation Techniques for Information Models | 37 |
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| 1 Introduction, Related Work, and Research Goal | 37 |
| 2 Research Methodology | 41 |
| 3 A Framework for Adaptation Support | 42 |
| 4 Configurative Adaptation | 48 |
| 5 Integrating Generic Adaptation Mechanisms | 57 |
| 6 Conclusion and Outlook | 65 |
| References | 66 |
| Configurable Process Models – A Foundational Approach | 69 |
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| 1 Introduction | 69 |
| 2 It Is All About Making Choices | 71 |
| 3 Configuration: A Theoretical Perspective | 72 |
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| 4 Configurable EPCs: An Example of a Language | 80 |
| 5 Summary and Outlook | 84 |
| References | 85 |
| Supporting Enterprise Systems Introduction by Controlling- Enabled Configurative Reference Modeling | 88 |
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| 1 Introduction and Related Work | 88 |
| 2 Research Methodology | 91 |
| 3 Reference Modeling Life Cycle | 93 |
| 4 Configurative Reference Modeling | 96 |
| 5 Adaptation Controlling | 101 |
| 6 Conclusions and Further Research | 108 |
| References | 109 |
| RefModPM: Reference Information Model for Enterprise- Wide Project Planning, Controlling and Coordination in Matrix Project Organizations | 112 |
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| 1 Introduction | 112 |
| 2 Research Design | 114 |
| 3 Terminological and Conceptual Foundation | 118 |
| 4 A Frame of Reference: The M-Model | 119 |
| 5 Selected Excerpts of the Reference Model | 122 |
| 6 Summary and Conclusion | 127 |
| References | 127 |
| Application-Oriented Evaluation of the SDM Reference Model: Framework, Instantiation and Initial Findings | 131 |
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| 1 The Challenge of Reference Model Evaluation | 131 |
| 2 The SDM Reference Model | 133 |
| 3 A Framework for Reference Model Evaluation | 135 |
| 4 Evaluation Plan for the SDM Reference Model | 140 |
| 5 First Results | 146 |
| 6 Limitations | 148 |
| 7 Conclusion and Outlook | 149 |
| References | 149 |
| Authors | 153 |
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| Prof. Dr. Wil M. P. van der Aalst | 153 |
| Jun.-Prof. Dr. Frederik Ahlemann | 153 |
| Prof. Dr. Jörg Becker | 153 |
| Dr. Tilo Böhmann | 153 |
| Dr. Patrick Delfmann | 154 |
| Florian Gottschalk | 154 |
| Dr. Monique H. Jansen-Vullers | 154 |
| Dr. Ralf Knackstedt | 154 |
| Prof. Dr. Helmut Krcmar | 154 |
| Tobias Rieke | 155 |
| Michael Schermann | 155 |
| Christian Seel | 155 |
| Dr. Oliver Thomas | 155 |