Authors: John Krogstie
Tags: 2002, conceptual modeling, Håvard D. Jørgensen
Interactive models have been proposed as a general technique for increasing the flexibility of computerised information systems. Interactive models are first made during development, but are also available for manipulation by the users at run-time, and the model contents influence the behaviour of the system. Such models are more immersed in day-to-day work activities than the models conventionally developed during software development. Consequently, they face stronger requirements, particularly regarding comprehensibility, simplicity and flexibility. A comprehensive overview and classification of these requirements is currently lacking in the literature on interactive models. We have earlier developed a framework for understanding and assessing the quality of models in general, with emphasis on conceptual models. The framework has earlier been specialised in several directions, but primarily for passive models such as enterprise and requirements models. In this paper we extend our quality framework towards assessing interactive models. These extensions are based on our experiences from implementing interactive modelling languages and support systems. Whereas parts of the framework can be used as originally defined, other areas give quite different results due to the much tighter interplay between model changes and domain changes than what is found when using traditional modelling and system development approaches. This results in a useful deepening of our framework, and improvement of its practical applicability for understanding the quality of interactive models.Read the full paper here: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-45275-1_31
