Purpose Driven Value Model Design

It is increasingly recognized that value models offer an abstraction that is useful for the exploration of new business networks and their properties. Among others, value models can be used as input for a risk analysis that is crucial in cross-organizational business process design. However, as value models can be used for many different purposes, there is a risk that they become overloaded and difficult to understand. In this paper we claim that the form and contents of a value model should be governed by its purpose. We identify a number of basic purposes of value models and outline how a value model is affected by those. The approach builds on an analysis and classification of resources and resource exchanges.