Creating technologies for organisations to better work together and respond to change
The Business Adaptation and Interoperation project (previously known as "ArMaTure") will create improved understanding and technologies for organisations to work together effectively using integrated, scalable and adaptable software systems. Our vision is of our technologies being used by organizations and industries achieve fluid and adaptive interoperation.
The operations of business and government organisations are supported by software, but there are many challenges:
- inherently complex, with continual need to change
- hard to achieve mass interoperation
- unknown performance and quality limits
- expensive, risky, and slow to change
Technologies
Research in the project centers on six related areas, targeting adaptability, mass interoperation, and scalability:
- ePASA - Performance modeling and simulation for enterprise systems
- Adaptation Engine - Frameworks for runtime adaptation
- Business-IT Adaptation - Business-driven decision making for runtime adaptation
- Business Process Mashup - Web-like architecture for more flexible process interoperation
- Service Scoping and Estimation - Scope, cost and effort estimation for SOA projects
- Vocabulary Management - Managing multiple related business vocabularies
Engagement with Industry and Government
Our research is inspired by the use of business process technologies within our partners in Australian federal and state government agencies, and also in the Australian lending and conveyancing industries. The fundamental research and technology outcomes are expected to be transferable to use in many other industries, including health, e-science, and commerce.
ePASA is the most commercially advanced of the project technologies, and is undergoing field trials and commercial trials within government agencies and financial services institutions.
Publications
The key publications for each technology are given on their individual pages above.
All project publications are available from the NICTA publications page, and can be viewed by year of publication:
Many publications from previous related projects are also available from the NICTA publications pages: Adaptive Middleware, and LIXI Business Processes.
Status
The Business Adaptation and Interoperation project has three years of funding, from the beginning of 2009.
The project follows and incorporates research directions, technologies, and relationships from previous projects and activities at NICTA: LIXI Business Processes, Adaptive Middleware, and e-Government.
Project Team
The project team is based at Sydney ATP Lab, and in the Canberra Lab. We also have a number of PhD students working directly on project-related outcomes. See the Project Team page for more details.
Contact
For more information please contact Paul Mackie or Ross Jeffery.