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Alain Wegmann Systemic Modeling Laboratory Professor Ph.D. (University of Paris VI, 1984) web site: http://lams.epfl.ch/ office(s): BC103 BC167 phone(s): [+41 21 69] 34381,32623,37586 BIOGRAPHY Alain Wegmann joined EPFL in 1996. His interests are in techniques to better align business and IT. He developed, with his group and partners, the SEAM methods: SEAM for business (strategic thinking), SEAM for enterprise architecture (business/IT alignment) and SEAM for software (IT). The originality of SEAM is in the integration of generic systems thinking principles into discipline-specific methods. This integration has three benefits: (1) the possibility to relate the different disciplines (by having common systemic principles); (2) the capability to leverage on discipline-specific knowledge (by using the vocabulary and the heuristics of each discipline) and (3) to be more efficient in solving problems (by benefiting from the problem solving techniques developed in systems thinking). SEAM is currently applied in master courses and consulting. Consulting is done for start-ups developing their business and technology strategies and for large companies having service-oriented architecture projects. Prior to joining EPFL, Alain Wegmann worked for 14 years with Logitech in software development/engineering management (Switzerland, Taiwan, US), manufacturing (Taiwan) and marketing (US). When he left Logitech, Alain Wegmann was engineering vice-president and marketing director for large accounts. MAIN PUBLICATIONS A. B. Saxena and A. Wegmann. A Systemic Approach to Multi-Party Relationship Modeling. Communications in Computer and Information Science, CCIS, 272:241-257, 2012. [ Details | Full Text ] A. B. Saxena and A. Wegmann. A Developing World Perspective on the Design of Wireless Enabled Humanitarian Relief Services. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Golnam, G. Tapandjieva, S. Viana, and A. Wegmann. Problem Structuring Methods in System Dynamics Modeling-A Cognitive Fit Perspective. In The 29th International Conference of The System Dynamics Society, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Golnam, R. Sanchez, and A. Wegmann. A Framework to Model and Analyze the WHY and the HOW of Coopetition. In 21st Nordic Workshop on Interorganizational Research, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ] P. Ritala, A. Golnam, and A. Wegmann. Coopetition In The Global Book Industry: The Case Of Amazon.com’s Evolution. In 21st Nordic Workshop on Interorganizational Research, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ] W. Guédria, A. Golnam, Y. Naudet, D. Chen, and A. Wegmann. On the use of an Interoperability Framework in Coopetition Context. In 21st Nordic Workshop on Interorganizational Research, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Golnam, G. Regev, and A. Wegmann. A Modeling Framework for Analyzing the Viability of Service Systems. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 2(3):51-64, 2011. [ Details ] G. Regev, H. Olivier, and A. Wegmann. Service Systems and Value Modeling from an Appreciative System Perspective. In Second International Conference on Exploring Services Sciences, 2011. [ Details | Full Text ] M. R. Snene, A. Golnam, G. Regev, A. Wegmann, and J.-H. Jolita Morin. On Viable Service Systems: Developing a Modeling Framework for Analysis of Viability in Service Systems. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Exploring Services Sciences, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, pages 30-41. Springer, 2010. [ Details | Full Text ] J. Helfer, D. Wegmann, and B. Moret. Speeding up Markov Chain Monte Carlo without Likelihood. 2010. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Golnam, R. Sanchez, and A. Wegmann. A Systemic Approach for Modeling and Analysis of Coopetition. In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Coopetition Strategy. EIASM, 2010. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Golnam, A. Van Ackere, and A. Wegmann. Integrating System Dynamics and Enterprise Modeling to Address Dynamic and Structural Complexities of Choice Situations. In Proceedings of The 28th International Conference of The System Dynamics Society, 2010. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Saxena and A. Wegmann. A Systemic Design of Regulation Enabling Ontology. In International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development, 2010. [ Details | Full Text ] Snene, Mehdi Ralyté, Jolita Morin, Jean-Henry, A. Golnam, G. Regev, J. Ramboz, P. Laprade, and A. Wegmann. Systemic Service Design: Aligning Value and Implementation. In Proceedings of First International Conference on Exploring Services Sciences, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, pages 150-164. Springer, 2010. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Golnam, A. Hegarty, G. Regev, and A. Wegmann. A Systemic Approach for Designing Open Innovation Value Networks. In Proceedings of The 2nd ISPIM Innovation Symposium, International Society for Professional Innovation Management, 2009. International Society for Professional Innovation Management. [ Details | Full Text ] G. Regev, D. C. Gause, and A. Wegmann. Experiential learning approach for requirements engineering education. Requirements Engineering, 14(4):269-287, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Link ] G. Regev, O. Hayard, D. C. Gause, and A. Wegmann. Modeling Service-Level Requirements: a Constancy Perspective. In Proceedings of the 17th International Requirements Engineering Conference, 2009. IEEE, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] G. Regev, O. Hayard, D. C. Gause, and A. Wegmann. Toward a Service Management Quality Model. In Proceedings of the 15th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (RefsQ'09), Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 2009. [ Details | Link ] I. Rychkova, G. Regev, and A. Wegmann. Declarative Specification and Alignment Verification of Services in ITIL. In Edocw: 2008 12Th Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops, pages 192-199. Ieee Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Po Box 1331, Piscataway, Nj 08855-1331 Usa, 2008. [ Details ] J. Schenk, K. Balazs, C. Jungo, J. Urfer, C. Wegmann, A. Zocchi, I. W. Marison, and U. von Stockar. Influence of specific growth rate on specific productivity and glycosylation of a recombinant avidin produced by a Pichia pastoris Mut(+) strain. Biotechnology And Bioengineering, 99:368-377, 2008. [ DOI | Details ] I. Rychkova, G. Regev, and A. Wegmann. Using Declarative Specifications in Business Process Design. International Journal of Computer Science & Applications, V(IIIb):45-68, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Link ] L.-S. Lê and A. Wegmann. SeamCAD: a hierarchy-oriented modeling language and a computer-aided tool for entreprise architecture. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] A. Wegmann, G. Regev, G.-A. Garret, and F. Marechal. Specifying Services for ITIL Service Management. In The International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing Consequences for Engineering Requirements (SOCCER'08) in the 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE’08), 2008. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] G. Regev, D. C. Gause, and A. Wegmann. Requirements Engineering Education in the 21st Century, an Experiential Learning Approach. In Proceedings of the 16th International Requirements Engineering Conference, 2008. IEEE, 2008. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] A. Wegmann, A. Kotsalainen, L. Matthey, G. Regev, and A. Giannattasio. Augmenting the Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework with a Systemic Conceptualization. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International EDOC Conference. IEEE, 2008. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] I. Rychkova and A. Wegmann. Formal semantics for refinement verification of entreprise models. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] M. M. Narasipuram, G. Regev, K. Kumar, and A. Wegmann. Business Process Flexibility through the Exploration of Stimuli. International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM), 3(1):36-46, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Link ] ANNOTATED BIBLIO 1. (Academic) Overview of the SEAM method: This paper presents the foundations behind SEAM. In particular, it introduces the systemic modeling paradigm on which SEAM is built. Reading this paper is useful for people who want to understand the paradigm (i.e. set of principles) underlying SEAM. However, it is not necessary to read this paper to use SEAM. On the Systemic Enterprise Architecture Methodology (SEAM) Wegmann, Alain Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems p.483-490 , 2003 2. Example of SEAM for Business: This paper illustrates the use of SEAM for Business to analyze the WWW communication strategy of a consulting company. This illustrates how SEAM can be applied to model the relations to the customers as well as the business strategies. This model can then drive, for example, the redesign of the company web site. Early Requirements and Business-IT Alignment with SEAM for Business Wegmann, Alain; Julia, Philippe; Regev, Gil; Perroud, Olivier; Rychkova, Irina 15th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, New Delhi, India, October 15-19th, 2007 3. Example of SEAM for Enterprise Architecture: This paper illustrates the use of SEAM for EA in the context of a company that needs to align the business and the IT strategies. We present an enterprise model that spans from business down to IT. Such models are used in consulting and in teaching. The second paper presents our course on this topic. Business-IT Alignment with SEAM for Enterprise Architecture Wegmann, Alain; Regev, Gil; Rychkova, Irina; Lê, Lam-Son ; De La Cruz, José Diego; Julia, Philippe 11th IEEE International EDOC Conference (EDOC 2007), Annapolis, Maryland, 15-19 October 2007 and: Teaching Enterprise and Service-Oriented Architecture in Practice Wegmann, Alain; Regev, Gil; de la Cruz, José Diego; Lê, Lam-Son; Rychkova, Irina Journal of Enterprise Architecture, vol. N/A, num. N/A (2007), p. N/A, 2007 4. Example of SEAM for Software: This paper illustrates how SEAM can be used to model a software architecture. We present the SEAM model of the PetShopStore (case study intially used to document J2EE architectures). From Platform-Independent to Platform-Specific Models Using SEAM: J2EE Pet Store Irina Rychkova; Regev, Gil; Wegmann, Alain 11th IEEE International EDOC Conference (EDOC 2007), Annapolis, Maryland, 15-19 October 2007 For more information, please visit: http://lamswww.epfl.ch CURRENT WORK Development of methods and tools for "strategic thinking" and "business / IT alignment". The current research topics are: service level management, alignment of business and IT strategies, IT systems to support coopetitive strategies, and integration of service/goal/process models. The research is currently funded by EPFL, SNF and industrial partners. EXPERTISE Marketing, enterprise architecture, software engineering, system thinking, requirements engineering. MISSION Research, teaching and consulting in systemic methods for strategic thinking, enterprise architecture and requirements engineering.

Skills Strategic thinking, Marketing, Enterprise architecture, Requirements engineering, Service-oriented architecture Teaching Communication Systems Business plan for IT services [en] (SSC SMTE SIN) Enterprise and service-oriented architecture [en] (SSC SMTE SIN) Phd programs Computer, Communication and Information Sciences Management of technology Phd Students Bajic Biljana Golnam Arash Saxena Anshuman Bahadur Past Phd students: Balabko Pavel De La Cruz Garcia José Diego Lê Lam Son Naumenko Andrey Nieva Txomin Preiss Otto Regev Gil Rychkova Irina