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Dirk Rohdemann

Juergen Scholl

Thomas Vomhof

Gregor Rieken

Dirk Henrich

Reiner Wallmeier

Heike Berger

Orestis Terzidis

Martin Zielonkowski

Martin Rogge

Hendrik Geipel

Ralph Meiswinkel

Holger Gockel

Joachim Puteick

Eugene Stepanski

Christine Hiller

Daniel M Braxton, Jr

Matthias Schönecker

Daniel M Braxton

Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for evaluating total cost of ownership (TCO) of a system includes obtaining reference values associated with respective aspects of a TCO measurement model. The TCO measurement model is configured for use in measuring TCO, the reference values reflecting a reference TCO determined for a reference system. The method includes mapping actual expenses to the TCO measurement model, the actual expenses identified as associated with a system whose TCO is to be evaluated. The method includes performing an analysis that includes at least comparing the actual expenses to the reference values according to the mapping. The method includes recording a result of the analysis that indicates at least whether the TCO of the system differs from the reference TCO.

Evaluating total cost of ownership

A computer-implemented method for managing change of sets of processing information that describe a process flow includes receiving a first activity description describing a first activity for performing a process flow, receiving a first formula description describing a first input and an output of the process flow, receiving a second formula description describing a second input and the same output of the process flow, and associating the first activity description with one of the first formula description and the second formula description.

Change management of process flow descriptions

A computer system is provided for modeling the structure of an enterprise comprising a first class of objects. An object of the class may represent an organizational unit of the enterprise. The class may comprise a method for assigning and/or deassigning to an object of the class at least one attribute from at least five types of attributes comprising: a first type describing a work to be performed by the unit; a second type describing a legal entity, which the unit represents; a third type describing a disciplinary or line management properties of the unit; a fourth type describing a financial responsibility of the unit; and a fifth type describing a location, which the unit represents. The system may further include means for assigning and/or deassigning to an object of said class at least one property depending on the assigned attribute.

Systems, methods, and software applications for modeling the structure of enterprises

A method for describing a process flow includes receiving a first root-independent building block and a second root-independent building block, receiving assembly instructions for assembling the first building block and the second building block to describe the process flow, and linking the first building block to the second building block in accordance with the assembly instructions. The first building block describes a first activity and a second building block describes a second activity. The first activity and the second activity correspond to portions of the process flow.

Building blocks for describing process flows

Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for behavior-based adaptation of one or more computer systems. A method in accordance with the invention includes receiving rules that specify data of the computer system to be recorded and data of the computer system to be summarized for evaluation. The method includes recording data as specified by the rules. The method includes performing an evaluation of the data recorded. The evaluation includes identifying a change to the computer system and determining whether the change will increase the efficiency of the computer system. The method includes, when the evaluation indicates that the change will increase the efficiency of the computer system, proposing the change.

Behavior-based adaptation of computer systems

Method and apparatus, including computer program product for customizing a process flow. The product includes instructions to cause a processor to receive a process flow description, receive a first resource description from a first remote system, customize the process flow description to the first resource description, receive a second resource description from a second remote system, and customize the process flow description to the second resource description. The process flow description describes a process flow. The first resource description describes resources deployable by the first remote system and the second resource description describes resources deployable by the second remote system. The product is tangibly stored on machine readable media.

Customizing process flows

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Dirk Rohdemann