Workshop Description:

The EMMSAD (Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design) conference focuses on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing modeling methods and methodologies for the analysis and design of information systems, enterprises, and business processes. EMMSAD’2011 is the sixteenth in a very successful series of EMMSAD events, providing a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modeling methods for systems analysis and design to meet and exchange research ideas and results. Accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNBIP series.

EMMSAD Steering Committee:

1. Dr. Keng Siau, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
2. Dr. Terry Halpin, LogicBlox, Australia, and INTI International University, Malaysia
3. Dr. John Krogstie, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Norway

EMMSAD'2011 Co-chairs:

1. Dr. Terry Halpin, LogicBlox, Australia, and INTI International University, Malaysia
2. Dr. Erik Proper, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
3. Dr. John Krogstie, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Norway

Submission and Paper Acceptance Deadlines:

• Paper abstracts: 19^th of February 2011
• Paper Submissions: 26^th of February 2011
• Notification of acceptance: 22^nd of March 2011
• Camera-ready papers: 10^th of April 2011
• Conference: 20^th - 21^st of June 2011

Website:

• http://www.emmsad.org

Program:

EMMSAD 2011 Program (Monday June 20)

Registration: (8:30-9:30)

Session 1: (9:30-11:10) Workflow and Process Modeling Extensions Chair: Terry Halpin

• Welcome Introduction (10 min)
• Adapted UML Activity Diagrams for Mobile Work Processes: Experimental comparison of colour and pattern fills Sundar Gopalakrishnan, John Krogstie, and Guttorm Sindre
• vBPMN: Event-Aware Workflow Variants by Weaving BPMN2 and Business Rules Markus Döhring and Birgit Zimmermann

Coffee Break: 11:10-11:30

Session 2: (11:30-13:00) Requirements Analysis and Information Systems Development Chair: Tony Morgan

• Analyzing the Integration between Requirements and Models in Model Driven Development Iyad Zikra, Janis Stirna, and Jelena Zdravkovic
• A Case Study on a GQM-based Quality Model for a Domain-Specific Reference Model Catalogue to Support Requirements Analysis within Information Systems Development in the German Energy Market José M. González, Peter Fettke, H.-Jürgen Appelrath, and Peter Loos

Lunch 13:00-14:30

Session 3: (14:30-16:00) Requirements Evolution and Information System Evolution Chair: Remigijus Gustas

• Requirements Evolution: From Assumptions to Reality Raian Ali, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Paolo Giorgini, and Vítor E. Silva Souza
• A Formal Modeling Approach to Information Systems Evolution and Data Migration Mohammed A. Aboulsamh and Jim Davies

Coffee Break: 16:30-16:30

Session 4: (16:30-18:00). New Approaches for Systems Engineering and Method Engineering Chair: Erik Proper

• Overlaying Conceptualizations for Managing Complexity of Scenario Specifications Remigijus Gustas
• Method Families Concept: Application to Decision-Making Methods Elena Kornyshova, Rébecca Deneckère, Colette Rolland

Working Conference/Workshop Dinner: 19:30

EMMSAD 2011 Program (Tuesday June 21)

Session 5: (9:30-11:00) Data Modeling Languages and Business Rules Chair: Jelena Zdravkovic

• Structural Aspects of Data Modeling Languages Terry Halpin
• Characterizing Business Rules for Practical Information Systems Andrew Carver and Tony Morgan

Coffee Break: 11:00-11:30

Session 6: (11:30-13:00) Variability within Software Product Line Engineering Chair: Ajantha Dahanayake

• Towards Modeling Data Variability in Software Product Lines Lamia Abo Zaid and Olga De Troyer
• Experimenting with the Comprehension of Feature-Oriented and UML-based Core Assets Iris Reinhartz-Berger and Arava Tsoury

Lunch 13:00-14:30

Session 7: (14:30-16:00) Conceptual Modeling Practice Chair: Barbara Pernici

• Individual Differences and Conceptual Modeling Task Performance: Examining the Effects of Cognitive Style, Self-Efficacy, and Application Domain Knowledge Manpreet K. Dhillon and Subhasish Dasgupta
• Enriching Conceptual Modelling Practices through Design Science Ajantha Dahanayake and Bernhard Thalheim

Coffee Break: 16:00-16:30

Session 8: (16:30-18:00) Enterprise Architecture Chair: John Krogstie

• A meta-language for Enterprise Architecture analysis Sabine Buckl, Markus Buschle, Pontus Johnson, Florian Matthes, and Christian M. Schweda
• Towards an Investigation of the Conceptual Landscape of Enterprise Architecture D.J.T. van der Linden, S.J.B.A. Hoppenbrouwers, A. Lartseva, and H.A. (Erik) Proper

18:00-19:00 IFIP WG 8.1 Business Meeting Chair: John Krogstie

Workshop Description:

The topics addressed by the BPMDS series are focused on IT support for business processes. This is one of the keystones of Information Systems theory. The 12th edition of the BPMDS series, as a working conference, would like to attract papers describing mature research in BPMDS, still giving place to industrial reports and visionary papers.

The theme chosen for BPMDS'11 visionary papers is Making BPM theory work in practice: "There is nothing more practical then a good theory (Kurt Levin)"

We invite the visionaries (from research and industry) to exploit this theme in relation to BPMDS.

We also welcome research papers that include ideas on how theoretical results discussed can be used in practice, as well as experience reports on using theories in practice. Nevertheless, we do not require for full research papers and experience reports to be directly connected to this theme (they should need to be explicitly relevant to BPMDS though).

Organisers:

1. Selmin Nurcan, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France
2. Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel
3. Rainer Schmidt, Aalen University, Germany
4. Ilia Bider, IbisSoft, Stockholm, Sweden

Submission and Paper Acceptance Deadlines:

• Submission deadline: 4^th of March 2011
• Notification of acceptance: 25^th of March 2011
• Camera-ready papers: 10^th of April 2011

Website:

• http://www.bpmds.org