Methods and Associated Tools for the Information Systems Life Cycle
Published on 26. September 1994
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Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-0-444-82074-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the early days of methods, the distinction between the process and the product was unclear. Sometimes consideration was concentrated on the problems of what models should be formulated - at other times, on how such results were to be achieved. The methods and tools, as the two factors became known, enjoyed increasing attention over the years, though emphasis, now as then, is almost always placed on the outcome, rather than on the ways towards it.This publication explores methods and associated tools in the perspective of the information systems life cycle. It discusses the need for method flexibility, within a design base of certain strict standards and with respect given to the potential harmonization of existing methods. The contribution of a broad-range of specialists ensures that papers extend across the various facets of the discipline.
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English
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United States
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Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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978-0-444-82074-7 (9780444820747)
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Editors' Preface. Conference Officers. Comparative Evaluation Based on Methods and Associated Tools. Experience-based method evaluation and improvement: a process modelling approach (M. Jarke, K. Pohl, C. Rolland, J.-R. Schmitt). The specification of business rules: a comparison of selected methodologies (H. Herbst, G. Knolmayer, T. Myrach, M. Schlesinger). Contribution to the evolution of information systems (L. Al-Jadir, A. Le Grand, M. Leonard, O. Parchet). Reusability-based comparison of requirement specification methodologies (S. Castano, V. De Antonellis, C. Francalanci, B. Pernici). Object-oriented information systems analysis: comparative analysis of six object oriented analysis methods (J. Iivari). Standards and Harmonization of Methods and Tools. ISO/IEC draft international standard 12207, software life-cycle processes (R. Singh). The IDEF standards process modelling standard (M.T. Laamanen). The Euromethod Deliverable Model and its contribution to the objectives of Euromethod (M. Franckson). Harmonisation of information system modelling and specification techniques (H. Oei, E. Falkenberg). Situational method engineering for informational system project approaches (F. Harmsen, S. Brinkkemper, H. Oei). Shortcomings in Existing Methods. Issues in design methodologies for distributed information systems (M.K. de Weger, C.A. Vissers). Two level NIAM: a way to get it object-oriented (P. Creasy, W. Hesse). Model integration and model execution (G.J. Ramackers). EMM/ODP: a methodology for federated and distributed systems (R. Veryard, I.G. Macdonald).