Enterprise modeling (EM) has gained substantial popularity both in the academic community and
among practitioners. A variety of EM methods approaches and tools are being developed and
offered on the market. In practice they are used for various purposes such as business strategy
development process restructuring as well as business and IT architecture alignment and
governance. PoEM 2009 - the second IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on The Practice of Enterprise
Modeling took place in November in Stockholm Sweden. The conference series is a dedicated
forum where the use of EM in practice is addressed by bringing together researchers users and
practitioners in order to develop a better understanding of the practice of EM to contribute
to improved EM practice as well as to share knowledge and experiences. PoEM 2009 attracted 41
submissions from many different parts of the world out of which the Program Committee selected
17 high-quality papers. Among the authors of these papers we find both researchers and
practitioners. The resulting program reflects the fact that the topic of EM encompasses human
organizational issues as well as more technical aspects related to the development of
information systems. The program was organized in six thematic sessions: ? Experiences in EM ?
The process of modeling ? EM in information systems development ? Model quality and reuse ? EM
for Services modeling ? New ventures in EM The program also featured two keynotes by
experienced EM practitioners. Håvard D.
