Hans-Erik Eriksson

Hans-Erik Eriksson (born 1961) is a Swedish computer scientist, organizational theorist, co-founder of Open Training AB, and author, known for his 2000 work on "Business modeling with UML."

Life and work

After his studies in computer science in the early 1980s, Eriksson started working in industry in the field of in system development and software architecture. In 1999 Eriksson and Magnus Penker founded Open Training in Sweden, an online learning and e-training institute. They sold the company in 2004, which continued as Open Training Sweden AB.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s Eriksson authored and co-authored a series of books on business modeling and Unified Modeling Language in English. His first book in Swedish had been on object-oriented programming in C++, and was published in 1992.

Work

Business Modeling with UML, 2000

In their 2000 "Business modeling with UML" Eriksson and Penker explained that, the main motive for business modelling starts with the every day business: