A New Approach to Executive Information Management as Part of IPS² Lifecycle Management

The characteristics of IPS² pose new challenges to top managers in IPS² enterprises. However, current commercial EIM systems mostly focus on finance and business operations. In this paper introduced is a new approach to Executive Information Management (EIM), based on an IPS² Lifecycle Management (LM) system. It offers top managers an integrated IT environment about offered IPS², and thus has the potential to enhance their work. The approach, the IT architecture, and the meta-information model for IPS² lifecycle management are explained in detail.