Reference Standard Process Model for Agriculture: Introduction and Steps for Further Development

The use of digitalisation in agriculture can improve process efficiency on farms. Experience from a large-scale EU-funded project involving a software consortium shows that software companies have different knowledge and understanding of agricultural processes and the use of digitalisation technologies in agricultural processes. This finding, combined with expertise in the standard process model for IT governance (COBIT), triggered the idea of a reference standard process model for agriculture (RSPMA), which is presented in this paper. RSPMA is presented on a conceptual level, where concepts and the relations between them are presented and explained through conceptual sub-models, and some of the RSPMA processes are listed. A Delphi technique survey showed that RSPMA has the potential for implementation and further development. Based on this finding, the steps for further development are also defined and presented here.