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In this paper we illustrate the power of domain-specificity as a means to enhance the tool support for business modeling by enabling customized guidance of the various involved stakeholders as part of a holistic collaborative (innovation) process. The aim is to capture the enterprise/market characteristics of the considered scenario. We argue that it is the generality of current business modeling tools that prohibits adequate customization, and show how this weakness can be overcome via specialization: Using GOLD (Global Organization aLignment and Decision), our framework for the development of domain-specific (e.g., business modeling) tools, allows one to automatically generate tools from formalized domain models that do not only provide customized user support, but also align the contributions of the individual users along a globally consistent modeling process.
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Steffen, B., Boßelmann, S. (2022). Domain-Specificity as Enabler for Global Organization aLignment and Decision. In: Margaria, T., Steffen, B. (eds) Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Practice. ISoLA 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13704. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19762-8_26
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