The development process of the UN/CEFACT modeling methodology

ABSTRACT

The development of inter-organizational systems requires a well defined development process. UN/CEFACT's Modeling Methodology (UMM) provides such a development process. We served as the editing team of the UMM 1.0 foundation module, which is defined as a UML profile. First experiences of applying UMM in real world projects have disclosed some limitations. Accordingly, we propose integrating new concepts into a new version 2.0 of UMM. In this paper, we show the adapted UMM development process, which is demonstrated by means of a waste management example.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.1 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING
      Subjects: Business

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.11 Software Architectures

Keywords:
B2B standardization, UN/CEFACT's modeling methodology, business process modeling, inter-organizational business process modeling, inter-organizational systems