Rychkova, I.Regev, G.Le, L.-S.Wegmann, Alain2007-10-012007-10-012007-10-01200710.1109/EDOC.2007.53https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/12580WOS:000252165200044Business and IT alignment demands clear traceability between the applications to be developed and the business requirements. SEAM is a systemic visual approach for modeling systems, including information systems and organizations. This paper illustrates how we represent the business role of an IT application and its platform-specific realization in SEAM. We use the Java Pet Store sample application as an example.text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper