Authors:
Yves Wautelet
1
;
Sodany Kiv
2
;
Vi Tran
2
and
Manuel Kolp
2
Affiliations:
1
Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
;
2
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Keyword(s):
Strategic modeling, Requirements engineering, Service-oriented modeling, i*, Multi-agent systems.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Modeling Concepts and Information Integration Tools
;
Modeling Formalisms, Languages and Notations
;
Modeling of Distributed Systems
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Software Engineering
;
Systems Engineering
Abstract:
Information systems tend to be huger and of strategic importance in nowadays buisnesses. That is why software engineering is no more only a domain for middle managers and software engieering professionals but top managers require rich models leading to visions on which they can perform strategic analysis for determining their adequacy with long term objectives. The i* approach with its social modeling capabilities as well as service oriented modeling are part of this effort. The strategic services model combines those two approaches and defines a couple of environmental factors (namely threats and opportunities) enabling strategic reasoning on the bases of the enterprise ”high-level” added values. Such a framework offers the adequate agregation level for enabling top managers to take the adequate long term decisions for information systems development. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the strategic services model application as well as a strategic reasoning in the context of th
e development of a collaborative software application for supply chain management. This case study is from particular interest since it must be adopted by several actors played by cooperating or competing companies that have to figure out the consequences of the adoption of such software.
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