Enterprise Engineering theories -- Introduction and overview

摘要

In order to illustrate the basic idea of the Ciao! Network concerning the development of thediscipline of enterprise engineering (EE), the tree metaphor is presented. The roots of the treeare the theories, the trunk contains the methodologies built on these roots, and the leafs andflowers stand for the flourishing enterprises that are achieved by applying the methodologies.The common theoretical basis for establishing EE, is the Ciao! paradigm that has its origins inthe communication-centric view on information systems (engineering) that emerged around2000. It replaces the information-centric view, which increasingly fails to support the theoryand practice of information systems engineering effectively. The Ciao! paradigm providesa~coherent and integrated understanding of these four core notions: communication,information, action, and organisation. After the discussion of the paradigm, the current sevenEE theories are discussed briefly, after having been ordered in an appropriate classificationscheme.