It has been a very influential model in management science research and continues to attract interest today. The idea behind this project is to execute the VSM using ProcessWeb. The project has many interesting aspects, not least its marriage of an advanced organizational model with web-based process support. The resulting system will be a valuable demonstration of how organizational modelling and process systems might be brought together. It will allow further research into the usefulness of the VSM as a change model.
Opportunities arise from time to time to undertake such case studies in various organizations.
The outputs of such a project can vary. For example, some can result in improvements to OPM, others can result in enactment models representing parts of real businesses supported by the ProcessWeb system. ProcessWeb is a system designed to provide active process modelling and co-ordination via the World Wide Web. As a research proto-type ProcessWeb is continually being improved and enhanced. In addition, to its basic facilities ProcessWeb includes a number of library models which illustrate its capabilities.