Service responsibility tables: Anew tool for analyzing and designing systems

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

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 2959-2968

  Alter, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Service; Service responsibility table; Service system; Systems analysis and design; Work system; Work system method

Indexed keywords

SERVICE; SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY TABLE; SERVICE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; WORK SYSTEM;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SALES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870228177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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