Design science research on systems analysis and design: The case of UML

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 2980-2994

  Tan, Xin ^a   Siau, Keng ^b   Erickson, John ^c  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design science; Systems analysis and design; UML

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DESIGN SCIENCE; LITERATURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES; UML;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870175996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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