On the Support for the Goal Domain in Enterprise Modelling Approaches

This paper reviews the support for the goal domain in several enterprise modelling approaches and enterprise architecture frameworks, namely, ARIS, ISO RM-ODP Enterprise Language, DoDAF, MODAF, BPMN/BMM, ArchiMate and its ARMOR extension. We describe how these efforts propose to align goals with the remaining elements in enterprise architectures (with special attention to the alignment of goals and business processes). Our aims are twofold: (i) to provide an integrated overview of the support for goal-related concepts in existing enterprise modelling approaches of and, (ii) provide guidance for the selection of the frameworks with respect to the support for goal-related concepts.