Computational approaches to analogical reasoning: a comparative analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Computing similarity in a reuse library system: an AI-based approach
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
The Domain Theory for Requirements Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Putting the enterprise into the enterprise system
Harvard Business Review
Measuring reuse of SAP requirements: a model-based approach
SSR '99 Proceedings of the 1999 symposium on Software reusability
SAP R/3 business blueprint (2nd ed.): understanding enterprise supply chain management
SAP R/3 business blueprint (2nd ed.): understanding enterprise supply chain management
Error Correcting Graph Matching: On the Influence of the Underlying Cost Function
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Object-Process Methodology: A Holistic Systems Paradigm
Object-Process Methodology: A Holistic Systems Paradigm
Acquiring COTS Software Selection Requirements
IEEE Software
A Critical Success Factors Model For ERP Implementation
IEEE Software
Vector-Based Arc Segmentation in the Machine Drawing Understanding System Environment
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Reusing Software: Issues and Research Directions
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The Model Multiplicity Problem: Experimenting with Real-Time Specification Methods
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
An Assembly Process Model for Method Engineering
CAiSE '01 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Guidance for Parallel Requirements Acquisition and COTS Software Selection
RE '99 Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering
Using Maturity Assessments to Understand the ERP Requirements Engineering Process
RE '02 Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary IEEE Joint International Conference on Requirements Engineering
A survey of approaches to automatic schema matching
The VLDB Journal — The International Journal on Very Large Data Bases
Analogical Reuse of Requirements Frameworks
RE '97 Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering
Software Package Requirements and Procurement
IWSSD '96 Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Software Specification and Design
Enterprise Resource Planning: A Business Approach to Systems Development
HICSS '99 Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7
Matching ERP System Functionality to Customer Requirements
RE '01 Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering
ERP modeling: a comprehensive approach
Information Systems
Fitting business models to system functionality exploring the fitness relationship
CAiSE'03 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
Investigating ERP systems procurement practice: Hong Kong and Australian experiences
Information and Software Technology
ICCSA'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Volume Part III
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Product Focused Software Development and Process Improvement
Toward a model-driven, alignment-oriented ERP methodology
Computers in Industry
A Methodology to Bridge Information Gap in ERP Implementation Life Cycle
International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems
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One of the main problems in ERP implementation projects is how to align an off-the-shelf software package with the business processes of the enterprise implementing it. The paper proposes a requirement-driven approach, which benefits from reusing the business process design without being restricted by predefined solutions and criteria. The approach applies an iterative alignment process, which employs an algorithm that matches a model of the enterprise requirements with a model of the ERP system capabilities. The algorithm identifies possible matches between the two models and evaluates the gaps between them despite differences in their completeness and detail level. It provides the enterprise with a set of feasible combinations of requirements that can be satisfied by the ERP system as a basis for making implementation decisions. We use Object-Process Methodology (OPM) to model both the ERP system and the enterprise requirements, and utilize the pair of resulting OPM models as input for the matching algorithm. The alignment algorithm has been tested in an experimental study, whose encouraging results demonstrate the ability of the approach to provide a satisfactory solution to the problem of aligning an ERP software package with an enterprise business model.