Abstract
In this paper a method is proposed for agile digital platform prototype development based on organization-specific ontologies. The resulting prototypes act as minimum viable product of the digital platform that is described by the ontologies. Our method combines the strengths of agile practices, to speed up the development process in a user-oriented manner, with the strengths of ontology-driven development, improving the software structure, single terminology, and communication between stakeholders. The method is demonstrated for the development of the android application ‘SafaRide’, a digital marketplace for safari ride sharing.
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A complete overview of the user stories can be found on https://model-a-platform.com/safaride-user-stories/.
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The complete BPMN model of SafaRide can be found on https://model-a-platform.com/safaride-bpmn-model/.
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The UI prototype of SafaRide can be found on https://marvelapp.com/prototype/80ha0ha.
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The latest version of the app can be found on http://model-a-platform.com/safaride-versions/.
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For a guide to android app architecture: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/guide#separation-of-concerns.
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Derave, T., Prince Sales, T., Gailly, F., Poels, G. (2022). A Method for Ontology-Driven Minimum Viable Platform Development. In: Augusto, A., Gill, A., Bork, D., Nurcan, S., Reinhartz-Berger, I., Schmidt, R. (eds) Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. BPMDS EMMSAD 2022 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 450. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07475-2_17
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