Capturing Activity Diagrams from Ontological Model

Abstract

Activity Theory Diagrams is a useful enterprise model to capture the exclusive features of people’s work that incorporates mediation, work division, tools and social rules. Although there are several methods of using Activity Theory Diagrams to model people’s work, it is considered difficult to obtain useful Enterprise Activity Diagrams. This paper explains how to build Activity Diagrams from an ontological model of an enterprise. The ontological model is described in DEMO (Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations). The proposal links DEMO Diagrams and Activity Diagrams proposed by Engeström. The link covers various components of a particular activity: the participants, work rules, social tools, goals and motives. The proposal uses a real case study to validate the proposal.