This handbook is about methods, tools and examples of how to design an enterprise through considering all life cycle aspects of Enterprise Entities. It is based on ISO15704:2000, or the GERAM Framework. A wide audience is addressed, as the handbook covers methods and tools necessary to design or redesign enterprises, as well as those necessary to structure the implementation into manageable projects.

Offers methods and tools necessary to design or redesign enterprises, based on an international accepted quality norm

Autorentext
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günther Schmidt, Studium in Berlin: Betriebswirtschaftslehre; Informatik; Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen. Seit 1988 lehrt er als Professor für Betriebswirtschaftlehre und Informatik an verschiedenen Universitäten. Er ist Direktor des IKS-Institut für Kommunikationssysteme.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 1.1 Enterprise Architecture.- 1.2 The Business Process Perspective.- 1.3 Extended, Virtual Enterprises.- 1.4 Enterprise Integration Methods.- 1.5 The Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture And Methodology (The GERAM Enterprise Architecture Framework).- References.- I Architecture Frameworks Organising Enterprise Architecture Knowledge.- 2 GERAM The Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology.- 3 A Mapping of Individual Architecture Frameworks (GRAI, PERA, C4ISR, CIMOSA, ZACHMAN, ARIS) onto GERAM.- II Strategy Making and Business Planning.- 4 Strategy as a Creation of Corporate Future.- 5 Leadership: Better Relationships through Better Communication.- 6 Capability Improvement.- 7 Developing the Business Model A Methodology for Virtual Enterprises.- 8 Analysing the Present Situation and Refining Strategy.- 9 Developing the Enterprise Concept The Business Plan.- III Defining the Requirements for Enterprise Change.- 10 Enterprise Modelling The Readiness of the Organisation.- 11 Modelling Function and Information.- 12 Modelling the Management System Enterprise Management and Activities.- 13 Resource Requirements of Enterprise Management.- 14 Enterprise Modelling.- IV Developing the Master Plan Architectural Design of the Changed Enterprise.- 15 Preliminary Design: Translating Requirements to Design Specifications.- 16 Organisational Design.- 17 Application Reference Models and Building Blocks for Management and Control.- 18 Designing the Information Technology Subsystem.- V Case Studies.- 19 Ford Motor Company's Investment Efficiency Initiative: A Case Study.- 20 The Business Process (Quiet)Revolution; Transformation to Process Organization.- 21 Farley Remote Operations Support System.- 22 The use ofGERAM to support SMEs Development in Mexico.