A methodological framework for viewpoint-oriented conceptual modeling
To solve any nontrivial problem, it first needs to be conceptualized, taking into account the individual who has the...
Gambit: An Interactive Database Design Tool for Data Structures, Integrity Constraints, and Transactions
The design of a database is a rather complex and dynamic process that requires comprehensive knowledge and experience. There...
Knowledge, legitimacy and progress? Requirements as inscriptions in information systems development
Given the importance placed on requirements analysis for success in systems development, this paper seeks to illuminate some of...
Requirements Validation via Automated Natural Language Parsing
Object-oriented analysis (OOA) has become a popular method for ana- lyzing system requirements. Unfortunately, however, none of the current...
User viewpoint modelling: understanding and representing user viewpoints during requirements definition
There has been increasing awareness of the impact of the early stages of systems development on the quality of...
The Object-Oriented Entity-Relationship Model (OOERM)
The Object-Oriented Entity-Relationship Model (OOERM) and its associ- ated diagramming technique (OOERD) are presented as a nattiral extension to...
Evaluation techniques for systems analysis and design modelling methods – a review and comparative...
Even though hundreds of modelling methods are in existence today,practitioners and researchers are zealously ‘producing’ new modelling methods.The ‘blooming’...
Semantic Model of Internal Controls in Database Design
The paper attempts to model internal controls in an organization from a database perspective. It provides a three-level architecture...
Client‐Led Information System Creation (CLIC): navigating the gap
This paper offers a new framework to facilitate an interpretive approach to client‐led information system development, referred to as...
On the Interdependencies between Record Structure and Access Path Design
The physical organization of data within a database has two major components: record structures and access paths. Record structures...
