Information systems development through social structures

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 27, Issue , 2002, Pages 183-190

  Kolp, Manuel ^a   Giorgini, Paolo ^b   Mylopoulos, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

i* framework; requirements engineering; tropos methodology

Indexed keywords

AGENT APPROACH; DETAILED DESIGN; DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY; EBUSINESS; FORMAL TROPOS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; ORGANIZATION THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PATTERNS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 77953738787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/568760.568792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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