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'''Value Delivery Modeling Language''' ('''VDML''') is a standard modeling language for analysis and design of the operation of an enterprise with particular focus on the creation and exchange of value.<ref>{{cite web|title=Value Delivery Modeling Language (VDML)|url=http://www.omg.org/spec/VDML/|website=Object Management Group|accessdate=26 August 2015|ref=OMG_spec}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Cummins|first1=Fred A.|title=Value Delivery Modeling Language (VDML): An Update|url=http://fredacummins.blogspot.be/2013/02/value-delivery-modeling-language-vdml_4878.html|website=Building the Agile Enterprise|accessdate=28 August 2015}}</ref>

In 2009, the [[Object_Management_Group|Object Management Group]] (OMG) launched a Request for Proposal (RfP) to develop a standard for value modeling. The goal of this RfP is to integrate the different existing value models and give a complete overview of the business logic of an organisation. To reach this goal, the standard has to satisfy nine requirements:

# The [[Metamodeling|metamodel]] must satisfy the characteristics of the [[Meta-Object_Facility|Meta-Object Facility]] (MOF) metamodel. MOF is a standard developed for model-driven engineering and is structured in 4 layers. The top layer (M3 model) consists of a language that is used to construct metamodels. These metamodels are the second layer (M2 model) and they describe the third layer (M1 laer). The last layer, the data layer is used to describe real objects.

# The metamodel must support the analyis of the activities of the [[Value_chain|value chain]] to support the identification of differentiators. The internal value chain should as such be part of the metamodel.

# A capability analysis must be possible. This is closely linked to the second requirement. A capability is the possibility to execute some sort of activity. The quality of an activity is as such dependent on the capabilities of the organisation. As such the metamodel should include a way to analyse these capabilities.

# The value model should have an adequate level of detail to include both activities and capabilities on the operational level. However a value model focuses on the inputs and outputs unlike a process model such as [[Business_Process_Model_and_Notation|BPMN]].