Building Information Systems Development Methods: Synthesising from a Basis in both Theory and Practice
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2002
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D. C. Fowler and P. A. Swatman, "Building information systems development methods: synthesising from a basis in both theory and practice," Proceedings 1998 Australian Software Engineering Conference (Cat. No.98EX233), Adelaide, SA, 1998, pp. 110-117.
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formal specification
information systems
software quality
systems analysis
FOOM
action research
high-quality systems
information systems development methods
methodological issues
requirements engineering
requirements modelling
requirements validation
Electrical capacitance tomography
Electronic switching systems
Formal specifications
Information systems
Programming
Software engineering
Software quality
information systems
software quality
systems analysis
FOOM
action research
high-quality systems
information systems development methods
methodological issues
requirements engineering
requirements modelling
requirements validation
Electrical capacitance tomography
Electronic switching systems
Formal specifications
Information systems
Programming
Software engineering
Software quality
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss some methodological issues associated with research into requirements engineering, and describe the benefits afforded to us by using action research to explore issues associated with requirements elicitation, modelling and validation. FOOM is a requirements engineering method which is designed to facilitate the development of high-quality, requirements-conformant information systems. In creating FOOM, an overriding concern has been to ensure both theoretic soundness and practical applicability within the target domain. We discuss in this paper the benefits of using action research as an enquiry mechanism for exploring issues associated with requirements elicitation, modelling and validation, and the way in which it formed a central part of the method's evaluation and evolution.