Viewpoints: Viewpoint Design in Information Systems

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Almost 20 years ago I wrote a thesis on the use of Viewpoints in Requirements Elicitation. It was one of the first works that explored the idea of using different viewpoints for better understanding software requirements. It stands on the shoulders of two giants: SADT and Core, but it went further as to use automation in the process of using different viewpoints and perspectives to elicit more sound requirements.

I am making the original text available. I will also use this space as to gather work related to the topic.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Viewpoint Design in Information Systems

Just found "Consistency in multi-viewpoint design of enterprise information systems" by Remco M. Dijkman, Dick A.C. Quartel, and Marten J. van Sinderen. It was published on Information and Software Technology Volume 50, Issues 7-8, June 2008, Pages 737-752.

"Different stakeholders in the design of an enterprise information system have their own view on that design. To help produce a coherent design this paper presents a framework that aids in specifying relations and consistency rules between such views. The contribution of our framework is that it provides a collection of basic concepts. These basic concepts aid in relating viewpoints by providing: (i) a common
terminology that helps stakeholders to understand each others concepts; and (ii) re-usable consistency rules. We show that our framework can be applied, by performing a case study in which we specify the relations and consistency rules between three RMODP viewpoints"

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Viewpoint Design in Information Systems

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