Information System Development: Improving Enterprise Communication

536 Pages·2014·12.226 MB·English

by  María José Escalona, Gustavo Aragón, Henry Linger, Michael Lang, Chris Barry, Christoph Schneider (eds.)

María José Escalona · Gustavo Aragón
Henry Linger · Michael Lang
Chris Barry · Christoph Schneider
Editors
Information
System
Development
Improving Enterprise Communication
Information System Development

María José Escalona (cid:129) Gustavo Aragón
Henry Linger (cid:129) Michael Lang
Chris Barry (cid:129) Christoph Schneider
Editors
Information System
Development
Improving Enterprise Communication
Editors
María José Escalona Gustavo Aragón
Department of Computer Languages IWT2 Research Group FIDETIA
and Systems University of Seville
University of Seville Seville , Spain
Seville , Spain
Michael Lang
Henry Linger National University of Ireland
Monash University Galway , Ireland
Caaulfi eld East , VIC , Australia
Christoph Schneider
Chris Barry City University of Hong Kong
National University of Ireland Kowloon , Hong Kong SAR
Galway , Ireland
ISBN 978-3-319-07214-2 ISBN 978-3-319-07215-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-07215-9
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Pref ace
Translating developments of information systems from the academic setting to
industry remains elusive. Closing the gap between academic results and their appli-
cation in enterprises is critical. Tools that help address real improvements in infor-
mation system development in industry by grounding them in research results is the
goal of the International Conference on Information Systems Development. This
volume contains the proceedings from the 22nd annual meeting (ISD2013) held in
Seville, Spain, from September 2 to 4, 2013. The evolution of information system
development was clearly important in recent years. Research groups and universi-
ties have worked in proposing new methods, techniques, and tools to improve this
activity. In the enterprise environment, the necessity of suitable solutions to their
information systems requirements is a pressing problem. Although big improve-
ments were incorporated in the enterprise environment, the application of effi cient
methods is not usual practice. Information system development continues being too
artisanal and mostly adapted for academia. Suitable solutions from the academic
community are not applied in industry. This book is oriented to present ideas, works,
and tools that help address real improvements in information system development
in industry by grounding them in research results. The book is oriented to improve
the relevance of academic research and to close the gap between academic results
and their application in enterprises.
Seville, Spain María José Escalona
Seville, Spain Gustavo Aragón
Caaulfi eld East, VIC, Australia Henry Linger
Galway, Ireland Michael Lang
Galway, Ireland Chris Barry
Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR Christoph Schneider
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Contents
1 Measuring Business-IT Alignment, Framework Development
and Case Study Results .......................................................................... 1
Jos J.M. Trienekens, Rob J. Kusters, and Llanos Cuenca
2 Collaborative Health Informatics: A Multidisciplinary
Approach .................................................................................................. 17
Ovidiu Noran
3 Understanding Feasibility Study Approach for Packaged
Software Implementation by SMEs....................................................... 29
Issam Jebreen, Robert Wellington, and Stephen G. MacDonell
4 Towards P Systems Based Approach for Evolutionary
Enterprise Application ............................................................................ 45
Gunnar Piho, Jaak Tepandi, and Viljam Puusep
5 Data-Oriented Declarative Language for Optimizing
Business Processes ................................................................................... 59
Luisa Parody, María Teresa Gómez-López,
and Rafael M. Gasca
6 A Set of Practices for the Development of Data-Centric
Information Systems ............................................................................... 73
Erki Eessaar
7 Towards an Ontology of SoS Interoperability:
Proposition of a SoS Interoperability Framework
and a SoS Conceptual Interoperability Model ..................................... 85
Houda Benali, Narjès Bellamine Ben Saoud,
and Mohamed Ben Ahmed
8 Involving End-Users in the Design of a Domain-Specifi c
Language for the Genetic Domain ......................................................... 99
Maria Jose Villanueva, Francisco Valverde, and Oscar Pastor
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9 Improving Information System Interoperability
in Social Sector Through Advanced Metadata ..................................... 111
Francisco Delgado, Salvador Otón, Raúl Ruggia,
José Ramón Hilera, and Roberto Barchino
10 Using Process-Level Use Case Diagrams to Infer
the Business Motivation Model with a RUP-Based Approach ............ 123
Carlos E. Salgado, Ricardo J. Machado, and Rita S.P. Maciel
11 Towards Elimination of Testing Debt in Outsourced
IS Development Projects: A View from the Client Side ....................... 135
Michal Doležel
12 From Traditional Practices to a Learning Community:
A Knowledge Management Approach to Support Learning
in Food Hazard Identifi cation ................................................................ 147
Henry Linger, Frada Burstein, and Dora Constanidis
13 Coordinating the Enterprise Modelling Effort by Means
of an Entrepreneurial Goal Hierarchy .................................................. 159
Sebastian Bittmann and Oliver Thomas
14 Merger and Acquisition Preparedness Building:
An Enterprise Architecture Perspective ............................................... 171
Nilesh Vaniya, Ovidiu Noran, and Peter Bernus
15 Starting Building a IT Policy: A Quest to IT Success .......................... 185
Pedro Neves Rito
16 Design Within Complex Environments: Collaborative
Engineering in the Aerospace Industry ................................................. 197
Fernando Mas, José Luis Menéndez, Manuel Oliva,
Javier Servan, Rebeca Arista, and Carmelo del Valle
17 Understanding Contradictions in Enterprise System
Implementations: A Case for Stakeholder Theory .............................. 207
Stig Nordheim, Kai R. Moseid-Vårhus, and Arnfi nn Min Bærø
18 Company Process Support by Software Systems: Research
in Small Software Companies in the Czech Republic .......................... 219
Jan Mittner and Alena Buchalcevova
19 An Integrated Information Systems Success Model:
A Case Study of an Australian Hospital ................................................ 231
Tian Yu Goh, Morgan Priestnall, Sedigheh Khademi,
and Christopher Bain
20 Identifying Essential and Optional Decision Constructs
in On-line Transactional Processes ........................................................ 243
Chris Barry, Mairéad Hogan, and Ann M. Torres
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21 Ontology and SOA Based Data Mining to Business
Process Optimization .............................................................................. 255
Aleksander Pivk, Olegas Vasilecas, Diana Kalibatiene,
and Rok Rupnik
22 Data-Aware Conformance Checking for Declarative
Business Process Models ......................................................................... 269
Diana Borrego, Irene Barba, and Pedro Abad
23 Taxonomy of Anomalies in Business Process Models .......................... 283
Tomislav Vidacic and Vjeran Strahonja
24 An Automated Approach for Architectural
Model Transformations .......................................................................... 295
Grzegorz Loniewsli, Etienne Borde, Dominique Blouin,
and Emilio Insfran
25 A Discrete-Event Simulation Metamodel for Obtaining
Simulation Models from Business Process Models .............................. 307
M. Teresa García, M. A. Barcelona, M. Ruiz,
L. García-Borgoñón, and I. Ramos
26 A Pattern-Based and Model-Driven Approach
for Deriving IT System Functional Models
from Annotated Business Models .......................................................... 319
Javier Berrocal, José García-Alonso, Cristina Vicente-Chicote,
and Juan Manuel Murillo
27 Applying Testing Techniques to Software Process
Assessment: A Model-Based Perspective .............................................. 333
L. García-Borgoñón, R. Blanco, J. A. García-García,
and M. A. Barcelona
28 A Model-Based Approach to Develop Self- Adaptive
Data Visualizations .................................................................................. 345
Juan F. Inglés-Romero, Rober Morales-Chaparro,
Cristina Vicente-Chicote, and Fernando Sánchez-Figueroa
29 A Language Oriented Extension to Toulmin’s
Argumentation Model for Conceptual Modelling ................................ 359
Sebastian Bittmann, Balbir Barn, and Tony Clark
30 Architecture Derivation in Product Line Development
Through Model Transformations .......................................................... 371
Javier González-Huerta, Emilio Insfran, Silvia Abrahão,
and John D. McGregor
31 Collaborative Modeling Through the Integration
of Heterogeneous Modeling Languages ................................................ 385
Francisca Pérez, Pedro Valderas, and Joan Fons