On 3rd of November at 11 a.m., Sahib Niyzov will defend his master's thesis on the topic of "Development of a methodical approach for the identification of process modules and their variants in the context of an enterprise architecture". Sahib is a Master's student in the Business Information Systems programme and was supervised by Ahmed Dehne (SIV.AG) and Kurt Sandkuhl (Chair of Business Information Systems).
Abstract:
In many industrial applications, including energy and water supply, core, support, and management processes can be identified, which are present in almost all companies in this industry. However, these processes vary in their implementation due to differences in workflows, required data, and the use of specialized applications. SIV.AG provides an industry-specific ERP system designed to support a variety of industry-standard processes and can be customized to meet individual customer needs. With the goal of better managing the diversity of variants and implementing customer requests more quickly, the ERP system is being technologically transitioned to use process building blocks. This master’s thesis develops a methodical approach for identifying process building blocks and their variants within the context of an enterprise architecture. The relationships and dependencies of these process building blocks, concerning information and control flows as well as the data used, are documented in the form of an enterprise architecture model. This work is carried out in close collaboration with SIV.AG and is based on specific processes from the energy and water industry.