An Anticipative Effects-Driven Approach for analyzing interoperability in collaborative processes

Overview & Synopsis

Partners involved into a collaborative process must satisfy interoperability requirements in order to fulfil adequately their mission all along the process. Indeed, interoperability is now considered as a key factor of success when sharing data, services, knowledge, skills, and resources. However, although the main desired effects (to respect a cost, to produce n products, to respect a quality ratio...) of this process are generally reached, some others effects (unpredictable, undesirable...) may be also induced and can lead in some cases, to a worsening of these desired effects that process has to perform. This paper presents and illustrates an Anticipative Effects-Driven Approach to check interoperability rules into a considered collaborative process.