CoBI Workshop, 17th IEEE Conference on Business Informatics 13th - 16th July 2015

Capability Patterns as the Enablers for Model-based Development of Business

Context-aware Applications

Janis Stirna, Jelena Zdravkovic, Martin Henkel, Jānis Kampars

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Outline

• Problem statement• Our proposal• Meta-models• Architectural overview of CDD• Usage example• Conclusions & future work

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Problem statement

• The need to adapt according to various situations in which business applications are used (e.g. context)

• Model Driven Development (MDD) mostly relies on the models defined on a relatively low abstraction level

• Enterprise Modeling (EM) models are complex, not matching the dynamics of the organizational change

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Our proposal

• CaaS project initiative - integrate the principle of reuse and execution of software patterns with the principle of sharing best practices of organizational patterns

• capability patterns - reusable solutions for reaching business goals under specific situational context

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Capability as a ConceptEnterprises must focus on their capabilities: the ability and capacity that enables an enterprise to achieve a business goal in a certain operational context

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Capability meta-model

Enterprisemodeling

Contextmodeling

Patternmodeling

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Pattern structure

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Architectural overview

Capability Navigation Application

Capability Design Tool

CapabilityContextPlatform

Data providers

value push

Capability Delivery Application

meta data

Model andimplementations

Adjustmentinformation

Pattern Repository

Patternreccomendationsduring run-time

value push Pattern creation/retrieval

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Usage example

• Pattern example from industrial partner Fresh T Limited, UK

• Ensure maritime compliance of ships• The process is defined as pattern• Context – ship status & location, port type,

country etc

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Generic maritime compliance pattern

Gather locallegislation

Gather portregulatory

information

Aggregate data Identify potentiallegislation issues

Issuesfound?

Provide possiblesolutions

Yes

Generate paperwork

No

Resolve issues

Log process data

Specify vessel'scurrent state

ContextVessel approaching a portPort’s regulationsCountry’s legislation

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Local legislation for environmental complience

Gather local legislation

Gather legislationconcerning oil waste

Gather legislationconcerning the chemicals

from cargo tanks

Gather legislationconcerning sewage

Gather legislationconcerning food scraps

from ships' galleys

Context RangePort’s regulations {type=envirnmentally protected}

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Vessel’s state for environmental compliance

Specify vessel's current state

Gather input regarding fuel andcargo

Gather input regarding theindustrial bulk liquids

Context RangePort’s regulations {type=envirnmentally protected}

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Pattern viewed in CDT

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CDD lifecycle – pattern perspective

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Conclusion & future work• Identified ways of using patterns for supporting

Capability Driven Development– Integrate patterns in the CDD lifecycle– Designing capability delivery from reusable model

fragments – Meta-model used to represent patterns

• Development of the next version for the pattern repository– Better integration with CDT– Integration with CNA– Web service API