A holonic extension of the i* framework

Facing complex systems, i
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needs mechanism of managing complexity and granularity. This paper proposes a holonic architecture to address this weakness of i
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. Our solution is based on the business unit, business services and business goal as basic granules that encapsulates the intentional units, intentions, goals of the organization. The architecture is based on three conceptual levels which are the business view, process view and task view. for each level of conceptualization a model of dependence between intentional units and a rational model. So our solution preserves the socio-intentional aspect of i
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.