GoBIS: An integrated framework to analyse the goal and business process perspectives in information systems

Information Systems

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 330-345

  Ruiz, Marcela ^a   Costal, Dolors ^b   España, Sergio ^a   Franch, Xavier ^b   Pastor, Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business process modelling; Communication Analysis; Goal modelling; i ^{< sup>; iStar; Metamodel integration; Modelling language; Ontological analysis; Performance and usability analysis; Requirements engineering}

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BUSINESS PROCESS MODELLING; COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS; GOAL MODELLING; ISTAR; META MODEL; MODELLING LANGUAGE; ONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; USABILITY ANALYSIS;

MODELING LANGUAGES;

EID: 84933672022     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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