Using Semantics to Aid Scenario-Based Analysis

3rd International Workshop on Semantic Business Process Management

Ana Karla Alves de Medeiros ; Alessio Carenini ; Irene Celino ; Emanuele Della Valle ; Federico M. Facca ; Michael Oppitz ; Carlos Pedrinaci ; Gernot Zeissler ; Stefan Zöller

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PID  :  11322

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

Scenario-based analysis describes customer needs and focuses on different aspects of information systems. A scenario typically has several metrics which compute specific information about transaction data, organizational structures and configuration settings. The selection and conguration of metrics is not a trivial task and normally cannot be reused over different information systems. Therefore, this paper shows how semantics can aid in this process. In fact, the proposed semantically aided analysis approach supports the five phases of the scenario-based analysis process: (i) selection of metrics relevant to a given scenario, (ii) their configuration and (iii) execution, (iv) evaluation of returned results and (v) reporting of results. Our approach is illustrated by applying it to Reverse Business Engineering, a method for scenario-based analysis commonly used by commercial ERP systems. However, the proposed approach is general enough to also be applied to other analysis techniques.