Comparing and contrasting models of business

At a computer system, a method for composing a business model, the method comprising:

• an act of receiving an indication that a business architecture including a set of business components is to be modeled;
• an act of identifying that a first portion of the set of business components is included in a first structured business model, the first structured business model being selected from among a plurality of different business models;
• an act of extracting the first portion of the set of business components from the first structured business model;
• an act of identifying that a second portion of the set of business components is included in a second structured business model, the second structured business model being selected from among the plurality of different business models;
• an act of extracting the second portion of the set of business components from the second structured business model;
• and
• an act of composing at least the first portion and second portion of the set of business components into a model of the business architecture.

A system for manipulating models of business, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• system memory;
• one or more computer readable media having stored thereon one or more modules for manipulating business models, the modules including:
• a comparison module configured to compare models of business;
• a mapping module configured to map between models of business;
• a constraint module configured to determine if models of business satisfy constraints;
• a refinement module configured to refine models of business based on refinement criteria;
• and
• a composition module configured to compose a model of business form other models of business.