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An account is given of the possibilities and limitations of reusing Enterprise Models (EM)1. Special difficulties are discussed which arise from the fact that stake-holders in the enterprise engineering process do not belong to a single homogeneous language community. Measures are proposed which ensure that models are interpreted as intended, thereby controlling the quality of the processes using enterprise models — such as enterprise engineering. A practical definition of model completeness is presented, based on a pragmatic theory of meaning and theory of communication.
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Bernus, P., Nemes, L., Morris, R. (1996). The meaning of an Enterprise Model. In: Bernus, P., Nemes, L. (eds) Modelling and Methodologies for Enterprise Integration. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34983-1_13
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