Feature-Based Analysis Framework for Interoperability in Networked Organisations

Several forms of collaborative and networked organisations have emerged due to increased alliances, outsourcing, globalisation and improvements in distributed information systems. Interoperability demands and challenges are rising. There is a need to meet these interoperability challenges. This paper proposes a framework to assess how well a networked organisation supports interoperability. The framework is based on a set of features that describe the interoperability aspects of a networked organisation. By using such features, it is possible to identify business interoperability requirements for the networked organisation. This work has been conducted as a part of the EU project A THEN A, Workpackage B3.