Integrating lightweight systems analysis into the unified process by using service responsibility tables

14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3309-3318

  Tan, Xin ^a   Alter, Steven ^b   Siau, Keng ^c  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lightweight analysis; Requirements; The unified process; Work system

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; ANALYSIS TOOLS; BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS; FAILURE RATE; IT PROFESSIONAL; IT PROJECT; LIGHTWEIGHT ANALYSIS; LIGHTWEIGHT SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES; UML DIAGRAMS; UNIFIED PROCESS; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER REQUIREMENTS; WORK SYSTEM;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROGRAM TRANSLATORS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870279595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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