Architecture of Integrated Information Systems

The methodology serves as a systems development life cycle for mapping and optimizing business processes.

Each view of the ARIS concept represents the model of a business process under a specific aspect: Each description view of the ARIS house is divided into three description levels: Concept Structured representation of the business processes by means of description models that are understandable for the business side (depending on the view, e.g.: ERM, EPC, organization chart, function tree) Data Concept (= data processing concept, IT concept) Implementation of the technical concept in IT-related description models (depending on the view e.g. relations, structure charts, topologies) Implementation IT-technical realization of the described process parts (depending on the view, e.g. by creating program code, database systems, use of protocols) The ARIS concept forms the basis of various software products, including the ARIS Toolset from Software AG, which has been the owner of ARIS trademarks since IDS Scheer AG was acquired.

At the end of 2004, part of the concept was reflected in the graphical process integration of SAP Exchange Infrastructure.

Although ARIS is a well-known approach for the description of information system architectures, especially in German-speaking countries, it is not as well known on a larger scale.

With the "Model-to-Execute" approach, business processes can be modelled in ARIS and automatically transferred to webMethods BPM for technical execution.