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In this paper, which is methodological in nature, we propose to use an established method from the field of Operations Research, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), in the integrated, stakeholder-oriented evaluation of enterprise modeling sessions: their language, process, tool (medium), and products. We introduce the AHP and briefly explain its mechanics. We describe the factors we take into consideration, and demonstrate the approach at the hand of a case example we devised based on a semi-realistic collaborative modeling session. The method proposed is to be a key part of a larger setup: a “laboratory” for the study of operational (i.e. real) modeling sessions and related study and development of methods and tools deployed in them.
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Ssebuggwawo, D., Hoppenbrouwers, S., Proper, E. (2009). Evaluating Modeling Sessions Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. In: Persson, A., Stirna, J. (eds) The Practice of Enterprise Modeling. PoEM 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05352-8_7
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