1;Preface;52;Organization;93;Table of Contents;114;On the Nature of Business Rules;134.1;Introduction;134.1.1;A Survey of Current Business Rule Notions;134.1.2;Research Questions and Research Approach;144.2;An Introduction to Enterprise Ontology;154.2.1;Theoretical Foundations;154.2.2;The Universal Transaction Pattern;164.2.3;The Aspect Organizations;194.3;Assessing the Notion of Business Rule;204.3.1;Clarifications;204.3.2;Illustrations;224.4;Conclusions;254.5;References;265;Process Flexibility: A Survey of Contemporary Approaches;285.1;Introduction;285.2;Taxonomy of Flexibility;295.2.1;Specification Approaches;295.2.2;Flexibility Types in Detail;305.3;Evaluation of Contemporary Offerings;375.4;Related Work;395.5;Conclusion;406;Subsuming the BPM Life Cycle in an Ontological Framework of Designing;436.1;Introduction;436.2;An Ontological View of Business Processes;456.2.1;The Function-Behaviour-Structure Ontology;456.2.2;FBS Views in the BPM Life Cycle;476.3;The BPM Life Cycle in a Framework of Designing;506.3.1;An Initial Framework of Designing;506.3.2;A Model of Three Interacting Worlds;516.3.3;Business Process Design in the Situated FBS Framework;526.4;Conclusion;556.5;References;567;Information Gathering for Semantic Service Discovery and Composition in Business Process Modeling;587.1;Introduction;587.2;Foundations;607.2.1;Semantics for Business Process Models;607.2.2;Service Discovery;627.2.3;Service Composition;637.2.4;Process Validation;637.2.5;Shortcomings of State-of-the-Art Solutions;647.3;Solution Approach;657.3.1;Modification of the Search Space;667.3.2;Configuration Options;697.3.3;Applying Search Space Modifications During Modeling;697.4;Related Work;707.5;Conclusion;718;Challenges in Collaborative Modeling: A Literature Review;738.1;Introduction;738.2;Background;748.2.1;Collaborative Modeling Defined;748.2.2;Approaches in Collaborative Modeling;758.3;Method;768.4;Results;788.4.1;Roles and Group Composition;788.4.2;Collaboration and Participation;808.4.3;Modeling Method;818.4.4;Model Quality;828.5;Discussion and Conclusions;848.6;References;859;A Petri-Net Based Formalisation of Interaction Protocols Applied to Business Process Integration;909.1;Introduction;909.2;An Overview of the Proposed Approach;929.3;A CPN-Based Model for BPI Based on Interaction Protocol;939.3.1;Translation Rules from IP Elements to CPN;949.3.2;An Algorithm for Transforming an IP to Its CPN Representation;979.4;A Case Study: The Agent-Based Transportation e-Market System;989.5;Validation and Property Verification;1009.6;Enabling Integration Process with Multi-Agent Systems;1019.7;Related Work;1029.8;Conclusion and Future Work;1039.9;References;10310;Competencies and Responsibilities of Enterprise Architects;10510.1;Introduction;10510.2;Relevant Competencies;10710.2.1;Professional Competencies;10810.2.2;Personal Competencies;10810.3;Responsibilities of an Enterprise Architect;11010.4;Personality Types;11110.5;Enterprise Architecture Teams;11510.6;Conclusion;11711;Interoperability Strategies for Business Agility;12011.1;Introduction;12011.2;Business Agility;12111.3;Enterprise Architecture and Alignment;12211.4;Strategies for Interoperability;12311.4.1;Unification Strategy;12411.4.2;Intersection Strategy;12511.4.3;Interlinking Strategy;12511.5;Cases from Swedish Health Care;12611.5.1;Background;12611.5.2;Alternative for Interoperability Based on Unification Strategy;12811.5.3;Alternative for Interoperability Based on Intersection Strategy;12811.5.4;Alternative for Interoperability Based on Interlinking Strategy;12911.6;Summary and Conclusion;13111.7;References;13212;Towards a Business-Oriented Specification for Services;13412.1;Introduction;13412.2;Current Approaches to Service Specification;13512.2.1;Specification Using the UDDI;13512.2.2;Specification Using Semantic Web Services;13612.2.3;Specification Using Business Component Specification