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Rigorous modelling techniques and specialised analysis methods support enterprise architects when embarking on enterprise architecture management (EAM). Yet, while customised modelling solutions provide scalability, adaptability and flexibility they are often in conflict with generic or reusable visualisations. We present an approach to augment customised modelling with the techniques of model transformations and higher-order transformations to provide flexible and adaptable visualisations with a minimum of requirements for the underlying enterprise models. We detail our approach with a proof-of-concept implementation and show how a decoupling can ease EAM approaches and provide appropriate tooling in practice.
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Kruse, S., Addicks, J.S., Postina, M., Steffens, U. (2010). Decoupling Models and Visualisations for Practical EA Tooling. In: Dan, A., Gittler, F., Toumani, F. (eds) Service-Oriented Computing. ICSOC/ServiceWave 2009 Workshops. ServiceWave ICSOC 2009 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6275. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16132-2_6
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