The Modelling Approach to Post-implementation Agility in Enterprise Systems
P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson - October 11, 2006

Model-based Architecture

One way to approach the requirements of changing an implemented enterprise resource planning system would be via so-called model-based architectures. These are application development frameworks that allow software applications to be described in terms of what they must do (the business view of the software) rather than how they must do it (the technical view of the software). Such an approach puts the emphasis on designing the business processes and the business rules up front, to make sure that business functionality is complete and correct before coding begins...