Enterprise Modeling (EM) addresses business-IT alignment in a holistic manner by providing the techniques, languages, tools and best practices for using models to represent organizational knowledge and information systems from different perspectives. Complex business and technology conditions means that EM plays an important role in reaching such alignment. Quality attributes such as agility, sensitivity, responsiveness, adaptability, autonomy and interoperability are emerging as the norms for advanced enterprise models. Achieving these qualities will allow all components of an enterprise to operate together in a cooperative manner for the purpose of maximizing overall benefit to the enterprise.
This is a special issue on the Springer Journal BISE (Business & Information Systems Engineering)