An approach to object identification, selection and specification in object-oriented analysis

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-180

  Liang, Ying ^a   West, Daune ^a,c   Stowell, Frank A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appreciative inquiry method; Object identification; Object specification; Problem appreciation; Soft systems approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007287317     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.1998.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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