1. Some Thoughts about Models in Organisational Efficiency and Agility
9/3/2018
Dagstuhl Seminar 16192: Supporting Organisational Efficiency and Agility: Models, Languages and Software Systems
Some Thoughts about Models in Organisational Efficiency and Agility
Kurt Sandkuhl
Rostock University
Chair of Business Information Systems

2. Personal Background Current Position
Professor of Business Information Systems at Rostock University, Germany
Research Areas
Enterprise Modeling and Knowledge Modeling
Focus on reuse of organisational knowledge, modeling methods, practices
Former Positions
Fraunhofer-Institute of Software and Systems Engineering, Dortmund + Berlin
Jönköping University (School of Engineering, International Business School)
Academic Background
Diploma and PhD in Computer Science from Berlin University of Technology
Swedish Habilitation („Docent“) from Linköping University in Business Information Systems

3. Perspective on the Topic „Organisational Agility and Efficiency"
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Perspective on the Topic „Organisational Agility and Efficiency"
What kind of models are useful to support agility, decision making?
[Models of the Enterprise; Models of Software and Services]
Models capturing the (deployment) context of enterprise services and product
Models of business models
Enterprise Architecture models, in particular with focus on effects of digitisation (including cyber-physical systems, Internet-of-Things, …)
What are the key aspects of making an organisation agile?
Separation of deployment context and (business) service
Allow for thinking out-of-the-box (e.g. accepted ways to adapt business model)
go beyond boundaries between traditional disciplines (e.g. integration of "product IT" and IoT)

4. Perspective on the Topic (2)
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Perspective on the Topic (2)
Driving forces of competitiveness
Capability to adapt to (context) changes which cannot be anticipated
understanding of dependencies and relationships between organisational perspectives
Who are the addressees of such models?
Addressees are not limited to IT and technical people
Wide participation of enterprise stakeholders in development of models, e.g. for business and IT alignment

5. Something to explore …? Liquid Models liquid?
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Something to explore …?
Liquid Models
liquid?
flexible, dynamic, quickly adaptive
regarding model content, meta-model, model usage, model users, …
why?
from design time artefact to runtime artefact
Technology change triggers model adaptation
different shapes for different addressees
Model boundaries or purpose have to change …
Does it make sense?
Models as basis for runtime decision making / models with the purpose of information systems
“to-be” models emerge in collaboration between what happens in reality and what is designed by stakeholders …