Approach of the survey and modeling of processes

Abstract

Basic requirements for models are formulated by the principles according modeling rules to guarantee the assurance of their quality. Therefore the intention of these principles is the reduction and control of modeling information due to the existing complexity. In fact of the meaning of modeling information concerning the quality of application systems which are indisputable in the software engineering area and also valid for other model purposes, measures should be developed which permit a comparable and high quality model creation. The principles according modeling rules provide criteria and with a basis of these, the construction of models can be valued. Hence two aspects are estimated: Targets and modeling customs. Targets are necessary to be able to make statements about the quality of modeling information but due to specified targets they pursue a normative approach. By contrast, modeling customs are guidelines which should be kept during the modeling, so that an improvement of the model quality can be reached.