Mechanisms for communication between business and IT experts

Computer Standards and Interfaces

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-109

  Kilov, Haim ^a   Sack, Ira ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business IT communication; General Relationship Model (GRM); RM ODP; Semantics; System of concepts

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SEMANTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS-IT COMMUNICATION; CASE STUDIES; COMPUTING SCIENTISTS; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; GENERAL RELATIONSHIP MODEL (GRM); INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; IT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICS; MODELING; RM-ODP; STABLE SEMANTICS; SYSTEM OF CONCEPTS;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 54549109087     PISSN: 09205489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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