The Influence of Database Structure Representation on Database System Learning and Use
Successfiil use of a computerized database by end users requires both an understanding of the structure of tbe database...
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...
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...
A conceptual framework for understanding business processes and business process modelling
It is increasingly common to describe organizations as sets of business processes that can be analysed and improved by...
Nothing is more practical than a good conceptual artifact… which may be a theory,...
This research commentary proposes a way to make progress in the IS discipline's inconclusive discussion about the nature and...
The pragmatic quality of Resources‐ Events‐Agents diagrams: an experimental evaluation
The Resources‐Events‐Agents (REA) model is a semantic data model for the development of enterprise information systems. Although this model...
