Consistency Checking Between Value Models and Process Models: A Best-of-Breed Approach

Business value models and process models describe the same subject from a different perspective. Therefore, it is important that both models are consistent with each other. To do consistency checking, we construct an intermediate model that captures the physical transfers in a value model, thereby reducing the conceptual gap between value and process models. This physical transfer model can then be checked for consistency with a process model via the already existing “reduced model” approach. A reduced model is a simplified representation of a value model or process model, where common concepts represent aspects from both the value and process model. We illustrate our approach using a small case study in the electricity sector.