Inmotos

Abstract

The Interdependency Modeling Tool and Simulation (IN-MOTOS) project is aimed to develop a tool for modeling and assessment of interdependent business-and contingency plans and risks a↵ecting them. In the scope of that project a methodology had to be created that enables the modeling of highly complex business processes, their structures and interdependencies, as well as threats and countermeasures. A time-based simulation of the impact of possible threats is required as well as a risk assessment by using multiple different impact calculations. The methodology shall be kept simple and flexible to enable modeling of a wide range of di↵erent business scenarios. For the fundamental basics the Risk-Oriented Process Evaluation (ROPE) methodology [7] was chosen due to its high flexibility. This paper describes the adaptations and enhancements that are applied on the ROPE methodology to refine it to the INMOTOS methodology.