Method engineering : principles of method construction and tool support : proceedings of the IFIP TC8, WG8.1/8.2 Working Conference on Method Engineering, 26-28 August 1996, Atlanta, USA

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Method engineering : principles of method construction and tool support : proceedings of the IFIP TC8, WG8.1/8.2 Working Conference on Method Engineering, 26-28 August 1996, Atlanta, USA

edited by Sjaak Brinkkemper, Kalle Lyytinen and Richard J. Welke

Chapman & Hall, 1996

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Description

Method Engineering focuses on the design, construction and evaluation of methods, techniques and support tools for information systems development It addresses a number of important topics, including: method representation formalisms; meta-modelling; situational methods; contingency approaches; system development practices of method engineering; terminology and reference models; ontologies; usability and experience reports; and organisational support and impact.

Table of Contents

Keynote paper: a primer to method engineering. Structural artifacts in method engineering: the security imperative. Characterizing IS development projects. Towards an integrated environment for method engineering. A functional framework for evaluating method engineering environments: the case of Maestro II/Decamerone and MetaEdit+ Method rationale in method engineering and use.- How to compose an object-orientated business process model? Human work as context for development of object-orientated modeling techniques. Translating OMT* to SDL, coupling object-orientated analysis and design with formal description techniques. Lazy functional Meta-CASE programming. A practical strategy for the evaluation of software tools. Core objects required for a generic CASE repository. A proposal for context-specific method. Four method engineering languages Method. Simulation-based method engineering. Information systems development. Classification of methodological framework. Method engineering. Reengineering method engineering? Method engineering: experiences in practice. Index of contributors. Keyword index.

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  • NCID
    BA31259328
  • ISBN
    • 041279750X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 324 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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