An integration of systems science methods and object-oriented analysis for determining organizational information requirements

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-228

  Lai, Linda Sau Ling ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Information systems development; Object oriented analysis; Requirements analysis; Soft systems methods; Systems science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034147548     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(200003/04)17:2<205::AID-SRES294>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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