An i* Based Approach for Conceptual Modeling of Business Process Technology

Currently, the use of technologies in organizations is a key feature in automating business processes. On the other hand, the conceptual modeling of information systems is about describing the semantics of software applications at a high level of abstraction. However, at present, the modeling of business technologies has not been given at a conceptual modeling level. Therefore, in this paper an approach to represent technology at a conceptual modeling level in order to know the impact that current business processes make is presented. We validate the approach through a real example in the domain of inventory management. In order to model business technologies, the i* modeling language was enriched with business technology modules that have been used to model technology that enables business process execution. This approach allows system analysts to model the technology that is implemented in business processes in early phases of software development.