An integrative modelling technique bridging the gap between business and information systems development

dc.contributor.authorJoubert, Pieter
dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers, Carina
dc.contributor.authorKroeze, J.H.
dc.contributor.emailcarina.devilliers@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-15T09:43:56Z
dc.date.available2019-03-15T09:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-10
dc.descriptionThis article is based on a PhD thesis by Pieter Joubert, who passed away in 2013.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this research is to develop an integrative modelling technique that is easy enough to be used by most business users with little training, but robust and structured enough to be used in subsequent Information Systems Development (ISD) modelling. This technique attempts to bridge the current gap between modelling on a business level and modelling on a technical level. The overall research methodology is design science research, embedding a grounded approach, to develop an integrative modelling technique. The resultant artefact is applied to a case study to test its applicability and suitability, and the results are evaluated. The results show that the proposed integrative modelling technique that is based on a better understanding of the fundamental entities in business and ISD modelling and their properties, attributes and relationships, can be used as a method to model business situations easily and expressively. By overcoming the divide between business and ISD modelling, the technique also advances informal, mostly textual, business modelling. The paper makes a methodological contribution by establishing a new technique that integrates business analysis with ISD, as well as demonstrating how a single case study could serve as an exemplar of a theory.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentInformaticsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipIn part by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://sacj.cs.uct.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJoubert, P., de Villiers, C. and Kroeze, J.H. (2018). An integrative modelling technique bridging the gap between business and information systems development. South African Computer Journal 30(1), 40–65. https://DOI.org/10.18489/sacj.v30i1.413.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1015-7999 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2313-7835 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.18489/sacj.v30i1.413
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/68681
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherComputer Society of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights© The author(s); published under a Creative Commons NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0).en_ZA
dc.subjectInformation systems developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectBusiness modellingen_ZA
dc.subjectModelling techniquesen_ZA
dc.subjectGrounded approachen_ZA
dc.subjectDesign science researchen_ZA
dc.titleAn integrative modelling technique bridging the gap between business and information systems developmenten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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