Paper Info
Title
Analyzing the dynamic cost factors of process-aware information systems: a model-based approach
Abstract
Introducing process-aware information systems (PAIS) in enterprises is usually associated with high costs. It is therefore crucial to understand those factors that determine these costs. Though software cost estimation has received considerable attention during the last decades, it is difficult to apply existing approaches to PAIS. This difficulty particularly stems from the inability of these techniques to deal with the dynamic interactions of the many technological, organizational and project-driven cost factors which specifically arise in the context of PAIS. Picking up this problem, this paper presents an approach to investigate the complex cost structures of PAIS engineering projects based on evaluation models. We present a formalism to design such evaluation models, discuss one characteristic evaluation model and its derivation in detail (based on the outcome of an empirical study), and introduce the notion of value-based evaluation patterns to enable the reuse of evaluation models.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2007
CA(i)SE
characteristic evaluation model,complex cost structure,value-based evaluation pattern,model-based approach,dynamic cost factor,dynamic interaction,project-driven cost factor,process-aware information system,pais engineering project,considerable attention,software cost estimation,high cost,evaluation model,empirical study
Field
DocType
Volume
Information system,Data mining,Enterprise architecture,Systems engineering,Business process,Computer science,Reuse,Cost estimate,Software,Factor cost,Empirical research
Conference
4495
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0302-9743
8
0.80
References 
Authors
10
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bela Mutschler119817.97
Manfred Reichert24722373.03
Stefanie Rinderle3111773.98