http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/3470 2026-07-25T06:05:00Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/3490 Editorial Proper, Erik; Lankhorst, Marc 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/3500 Rules Integration in Business Process Models - A Fuzzy Oriented Approach Thomas, Oliver; Dollmann, Thorsten; Loos, Peter In business process management, decision situations are often characterized by fuzziness. This means that the decision premises are not available in the form of mathematic models or numeric values, but rather as fuzzy conditions, such as “low processing time” or “high quality”. This article will show how fuzzy conditions and vaguely formulated goals in business process models can be considered using the fuzzy set theory. This fuzzy extension of process modelling is carried out with the event-driven process chain. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/3498 Editorial Rosemann, Michael; Muehlen, Michael zur 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/3491 Enterprise Architecture Analysis - An Information System Evaluation Approach Vasconcelos, André; Sousa, Pedro; Tribolet, José The definition of an Enterprise Architecture (EA) has a central role in implementing Information Systems (ISs) that proactively contribute to business and Information Technology (IT) alignment. In this paper, using a set of key concepts for the Information System Architecture (ISA) specification (formalized in a UML profile), 16 metrics are proposed for ISA suitability assessment considering a set of required quality characteristics. This paper also proposes an exploratory approach for the ISA definition process. This approach combines EA primitives and metrics in order to support multi-criteria ISA selection. The proposals presented in this research are applied in the definition, evaluation and comparing of different architectural options for the new Portuguese National identification document project (the Citizen Card project). 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z