  Models in face of increasing complexity support development of new systems
and enterprises. For an efficient procedure, reference models are adapted in
order to reach a solution with les overhead which covers all necessary aspects.
Here, a key challenge is applying a consistent methodology for the descriptions
of such reference designs. This paper presents a holistic approach to describe
reference models across different views and levels. Modeling stretches from the
requirements and capabilities over their subdivision to services and components
up to the realization in processes and data structures. Benefits include an
end-to-end traceability of the capability coverage with performance parameters
considered already at the starting point of the reference design. This enables
focused development while considering design constraints and potential
bottlenecks. We demonstrate the approach on the example of the development of a
smart robot. Here, our methodology highly supports transferability of designs
for the development of further systems.
