Preface

摘要

We observe more and more information system development failures (development projects going over time/budget and low user satisfaction), and it is widely agreed that this is largely due to the lack of adequate underlying business/enterprise models. Such models are crucial for understanding and/or (re-)engineering an enterprise. This is needed, in turn, when (partially) automating enterprise processes by means of software systems. Therefore, software generation should stem from corresponding enterprise modeling. This points to the emerging discipline of enterprise engineering that addresses challenges such as agility and adaptability of enterprises. Further, it is essential that enterprise modeling is appropriately bridged to software design, by aligning enterprise modeling concepts and corresponding software specification concepts. Only such an enterprise-software alignment could actually guarantee that: (a) the software system would be properly integrated in its enterprise context; (b) an enterprise-software traceability would be possible allowing not only for software updates driven by new requirements but also for possible enterprise re-engineering activities, inspired by a goal to better fit the enterprise to the IT platform(s) used; (c) re-use could be an issue, counting on enterprise modeling constructs and software components. All this has been dominant for BMSD, the international symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design, bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in business/enterprise modeling and its relationship to software design, and demonstrating for a third consecutive year (in the 2013 edition) a high quality of papers and presentations as well as a stimulating discussion environment. The theme of BMSD 2013 was: "Enterprise Engineering and Software Generation" and the scientific areas of interest to the symposium were: (a) business models and requirements; (b) business models and services; (c) business models and software; (d) information systems architectures. Further, there were three application-oriented special sessions, namely, a special session on e-Health Services and Technologies, a special session on Future Internet Applications for Traffic Surveillance and Management, and a special session on Intelligent Systems and Business Analysis. These special sessions have brought additional practice-driven value to the symposium.