UML: A complex technology embedded in complex organizational issues

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 206, Issue , 2006, Pages 315-338

  Larsen, Tor J ^a   Niederman, Fred ^b   Limayem, Moez ^c   Chan, Joyce ^d  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Causal mapping approach; Social environment; Unified modeling language (UML)

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MODELING LANGUAGES;

CAUSAL MAPPING; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; PROJECT DEVELOPERS; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT SUCCESS; REQUIREMENTS MODELS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIO-TECHNICAL APPROACH;

UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

EID: 33845540079     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-34410-1_21     Document Type: Article

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