@techreport{Bre05, author = {Travis D. Breaux}, affiliation = {North Carolina State University}, title = {Policy-Parametric Software}, year = {2004}, month = {November}, institution = {Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University}, number = {TR-2004-30}, address = {Raleigh, NC, USA}, abstract = {Policy-parametric software describes a vision for enterprise software that promotes organizational policy as a computational parameter in future software systems. In the following position paper, I present a general model of the contemporary organization as the foundation for this perspective and later I will propose several requirements for policy-parametric software to facilitate the transition from conventional human resources to partially automated software solutions. The requirements clearly define the role of human and software agents in matriculating and enforcing organizational policy. The centerpiece of this proposal is a rich knowledge representation formalism that will serve as an interface between humans and machines to guarantee that machines are kept in compliance with organizational policy in real-time.}, keywords = {policy, requirements, business process, organizations}, }