Situated Service-Oriented Modeling

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raafat George Saadé ◽  
Rustam Vahidov
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
Access To Data

The emergence of e-services benefited the stakeholders due to ease of access to data, information and knowledge sources. Service-based applications have evolved into flexible and adaptable systems capable of coping with changes in user requirements and business processes. The shift from monolithic application silos towards service-oriented approaches is evident in the literature today. The benefits of service-oriented approaches include cost effectiveness, improved inter-operability, reusability, and flexibility. The benefits are not enjoyed without the threat of cognitively overloading managers in their decision making activities. Tools for effective management of information are necessary. Effective and efficient service-oriented applications need to operate within their situational boundaries. As such, decision support type tools require tight integration with the service-based approach. This study proposes an integrated Situated Service-Oriented Model and demonstrates its value via a case study of an e-learning service-based application used over a period of 15 months. Two designs were used; component-based and service-oriented. The significance of this study is in the tangible value of the model proposed and demonstrated by the e-learning case study.

Situated Service-Oriented Modeling

2013 ◽  
pp. 54-75
Author(s):  
Raafat George Saadé ◽  
Rustam Vahidov
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
Access To Data

The emergence of e-services benefited the stakeholders due to ease of access to data, information and knowledge sources. Service-based applications have evolved into flexible and adaptable systems capable of coping with changes in user requirements and business processes. The shift from monolithic application silos towards service-oriented approaches is evident in the literature today. The benefits of service-oriented approaches include cost effectiveness, improved inter-operability, reusability, and flexibility. The benefits are not enjoyed without the threat of cognitively overloading managers in their decision making activities. Tools for effective management of information are necessary. Effective and efficient service-oriented applications need to operate within their situational boundaries. As such, decision support type tools require tight integration with the service-based approach. This study proposes an integrated Situated Service-Oriented Model and demonstrates its value via a case study of an e-learning service-based application used over a period of 15 months. Two designs were used; component-based and service-oriented. The significance of this study is in the tangible value of the model proposed and demonstrated by the e-learning case study.

Integration between knowledge management and business process management and its impact on the decision making process in the construction sector: a case study of Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Wasef Abuezhayeh ◽  
Les Ruddock ◽  
Issa Shehabat
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and explain how organizations in the construction sector can enhance their decision-making process (DMP) by practising knowledge management (KM) and business process management (BPM) activities. A conceptual framework is developed that recognises the elements that impact DMP in terms of KM and BPM. The development of this framework goes beyond current empirical work on KM in addition to BPM as it investigates a wider variety of variables that impact DMP. Design/methodology/approach A case study is undertaken in the context of the construction industry in Jordan. A theoretical framework is developed and assessment of the proposed framework was undertaken through a questionnaire survey of decision-makers in the construction sector and expert interviews. Findings The outcomes of this research provide several contributions to aid decision-makers in construction organizations. Growth in the usage of KM and BPM, in addition to the integration between them, can provide employees with task-related knowledge in the organization’s operative business processes, improve process performance, promote core competence and maximise and optimise business performance. Originality/value Through the production of a framework, this study provides a tool to enable improved decision-making. The framework generates a strong operational as well as theoretical approach to the organizational utilization of knowledge and business processes.

Dynamic Reconfiguration of Component-Based Systems

2014 ◽  
pp. 76-102
Author(s):  
Tony Clark ◽  
Balbir S. Barn ◽  
Vinay Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Dynamic Reconfiguration ◽  
System Component ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Dynamic Architecture ◽  
Component Architecture ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Typical Component

Component-based approaches generalize basic object-oriented implementations by allowing large collections of objects to be grouped together and externalized in terms of public interfaces. A typical component-based system will include a large number of interacting components. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) organizes a system in terms of components that communicate via services. Components publish services that they implement as business processes. Consequently, a change to a single component can have a ripple effect on the service-driven system. Component reconfiguration is motivated by the need to evolve the component architecture and can take a number of forms. The authors define a dynamic architecture as one that supports changing the behavior and topology of existing components without stopping, updating, and redeploying the system. This chapter addresses the problem of dynamic reconfiguration of component-based architectures. It proposes a reification approach that represents key features of a language in data, so that a system can reason and dynamically modify aspects of it. The approach is described in terms of a new language called µLEAP and validated by implementing a simple case study.

An Evolutive Component-Based Method for Agile Development of Service Oriented Architectures

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Chehili ◽  
Lionel Seinturier ◽  
Mahmoud Boufaida
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Service Oriented Architectures ◽  
Development Method ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Agile Software Engineering ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Incremental Process

The adoption of the agile methods' principles has emerged as an effective way to develop service oriented architectures as it paves the way for a better reply to the changing needs of the environment and even the customer. However, these changes may also require the evolution of the development process itself. This paper presents an agile and service-oriented software development method that combines concepts from the Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) domain and the agile software engineering one. This method provides an iterative and incremental process to deliverer business processes, implemented as an assembly of components. This leads to a faster response to the change of needs by reconfiguring the assembly of components. The method is based on a framework that implements its phases as an assembly of components to allow a dynamic reconfiguration of it in case of a development process evolution. Finally, a case study is presented to illustrate the use of the presented method.

scholarly journals Benefits and Process Improvements for ERP Implementation: Results from an Exploratory Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Sreekumar Menon
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Process Improvements ◽  
Access To Data

This exploratory qualitative single case study discusses the benefits and process improvements pertinent to enterprise resource and planning (ERP) projects. The study was conducted in a Canadian case organization in the oil and gas industry that includes twenty participants from four project role groups of senior leaders, project managers, project team members, and business users. The results of the study revealed twenty-two key benefits and four process improvements from which organizations can draw value while planning for ERP projects. The top six benefits include: standardization of common business processes, single integrated system, standardized reporting, improved key performance indicators (KPI), all countries in one system, and easy access to data. Knowing and maximizing these key benefits may prove beneficial for organizations, while planning for major investments in ERP systems.

A Comparative Case Study of Three Korean Firms

2009 ◽  
pp. 145-162
Author(s):  
Junghoon Lee ◽  
Jungwoo Lee ◽  
Ja Young Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Business Values

Research has recently begun to place greater emphasis on the strategic application of IT in seeking to integrate firms’ IT infrastructures and business processes, thus boosting companies’ business values. In this context, efforts have been made to formulate workable structures for companies’ IT governance (ITG); however, little practical research has considered the effect of different forms of ITG in a range of domestic and multinational companies. This study undertakes a comparative case study analysis of the ITG setups of three large service sector firms in Korea. This research work sought to identify the activities, types, and determinants of firms’ ITG decision making processes, and to suggest the basis on which forms of ITG may represent rational selections for given service companies. The study was based on in-depth interviews with representatives of three firms, analysis of in-house materials, and the application of multiple perspectives dealing with ITG domains. Case study analysis yielded a detailed picture of the characteristics of ITG related decision making within the firms, suggesting the validity of the proposed ITG framework. The proposed and partially validated ITG framework should be useful for further research and practice of ITG.

Trends in Management of TI Projects and CEO Competence

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-48
Author(s):  
Alexandra María López-Sevillano ◽  
Flor Nancy Díaz-Piraquive ◽  
Rubén González Crespo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Unstable Environment

The purpose of this article is to expose the articulation that should exist between the CEO's competences of projects and TI's business processes with an effective management for the execution, follow up, control and closing of projects, making emphasis in the planning and management areas which are the ones that relieve the complexity as an intangible reality within the unstable environment of changes and competition in which companies or organizations move. An analysis of technological surveillance was done which explains the traceability and importance of the areas and their relationship with the timely and accurate decision making, as long as processes are taken into account such as strategic management, risk management, adequate administration of resources and time, as well as soft elements associated to leadership and emotional intelligence that the TI projects and processes' CEO should have. Under these circumstances, competences of CEOs are raised and how they manage the dynamic organizational scenarios.

scholarly journals Big Data Analysis Proposal for Manufacturing Firm

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Alicia Valdez ◽  
Griselda Cortes ◽  
Laura Vazquez ◽  
Adriana Martinez ◽  
Gerardo Haces
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Ac Motors ◽  
Selection Of

The analysis of large volumes of data is an important activity in manufacturing companies, since they allow improving the decision-making process. The data analysis has generated that the services and products are personalized, and how the consumption of the products has evolved, obtaining results that add value to the companies in real time. In this case study, developed in a large manufacturing company of electronic components as robots and AC motors; a strategy has been proposed to analyze large volumes of data and be able to analyze them to support the decision-making process; among the proposed activities of the strategy are: Analysis of the technological architecture, selection of the business processes to be analyzed, installation and configuration of Hadoop software, ETL activities, and data analysis and visualization of the results. With the proposed strategy, the data of nine production factors of the motor PCI boards were analyzed, which had a greater incidence in the rejection of the components; a solution was made based on the analysis, which has allowed a decrease of 28.2% in the percentage of rejection.

Applying Service-Oriented Composition Process in TPMS

2013 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 526-533
Author(s):  
Cheng Wei Yang ◽  
Lei Wu ◽  
Shi Jun Liu ◽  
Xiang Xu Meng
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Previous Method ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Composition Process ◽  
Integrated Problems

Nowadays, the companies must adapt their business processes changing more dynamically in accordance with rapidly changing market conditions and IT systems. This paper extends our previous method, which shows a novel approach to integrate a service system. In this paper, we focus on the integrated problems of the Business Process Management System (BPMS). The service is encapsulated as a SCA service component，which is extended to be a service surrogate. Meanwhile, the XML-based process template is used to define the composition process. An interactive access control strategy based on service components is also proposed. At the end of this paper, it is applied in the textile-order process management system (TPMS) as a case study.

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