Int. J. Information Systems and Change Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2007 81 Copyright © 2007 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Facilitating change management with configurative reference modelling Jörg Becker,* Christian Janiesch, Ralf Knackstedt and Tobias Rieke European Research Center for Information Systems, University of Münster, Leonardo-Campus 3, Münster 48149, Germany E-mail: becker@ercis.de E-mail: janiesch@ercis.de E-mail: knackstedt@ercis.de E-mail: rieke@ercis.de *Corresponding author Abstract: Change management describes a structured approach to transitions from the present state to a desired state. Reference models can assist this process since they provide a solution schema for specific problems by adapting best or common-practice approaches. The configuration of reference models has been a field of research in the past. However, the integrative configuration of different reference models or respective reference models serving multiple purposes lacks applicable methods. In practice this is a common problem, as the simultaneous implementation and/or maintenance of business processes in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and business intelligence system shows. We propose a methodology that allows the integrated configuration of conceptual models for transaction processing and decision support by integrating meta models for respective modelling languages. Additionally, its application is exemplified by extending an existing reference model in a business case. Keywords: change management; configuration; transaction processing; decision support; integration; methodology; reference models. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Becker, J., Janiesch, C., Knackstedt, R. and Rieke, T. (2007) ‘Facilitating change management with configurative reference modelling’, Int. J. Information Systems and Change Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.81–99. Biographical notes: Jörg Becker is a Professor of Information Systems and Information Management and Head of the Department of Information Systems at the University of Münster and Managing Director of the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS). He is one of the two Editors-in-Chief of Information Systems and e-Business. His research interests include information management, conceptual modelling, data management, logistics, retail information systems and strategic IT-management consulting. He has authored numerous books and journals and conference papers. He has also been serving regularly as programme committee member of various conferences such as the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). Christian Janiesch is a Research Assistant and PhD student at the European Research Center for Information System (ERCIS) under Jörg Becker at the University of Münster, Germany. He has been researching at Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland and at SAP Research CEC