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A method for comparing traditional and component-based models in information systems re-engineering

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A method for comparing traditional and component-based models in information systems re-engineering

Valverde, Raul, Toleman, Mark and Cater-Steel, Aileen (2011) A method for comparing traditional and component-based models in information systems re-engineering. Information Systems and E-business Management, 9 (1). pp. 89-107. ISSN 1617-9854

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Abstract

Many organisations have become aware of the limitations of their legacy systems to adapt to new technical requirements. Trends towards e-commerce applications, platform independence, reusability of pre-built components, capacity for reconfiguration and higher reliability have contributed to the need to update current systems. Consequently, legacy systems, typically designed and developed using traditional methods, need to be re-engineered into new component-based systems. The objective of the study is to develop a method to compare traditional and component-based models of systems. Design science is the approach used to build and evaluate the method. The method incorporates and integrates existing methodologies for information systems re-engineering and conceptual model evaluation. A case study illustrating the comparison method revealed that a reengineered component-based conceptual model was capable of representing and enriching all the traditional conceptual model constructs. However, there was a conflict with the use of data flows as these can represent both events and also couplings between processes, data stores, and external agents. Thus, the project derived an additional set of rules to use when generating a component-based model to improve the re-engineering step.

Divisions:Concordia University > John Molson School of Business > Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems
Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Authors:Valverde, Raul and Toleman, Mark and Cater-Steel, Aileen
Journal or Publication:Information Systems and E-business Management
Date:2011
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):10.1007/s10257-010-0139-z
Keywords:Design science, Legacy systems ,Re-engineering, Bunge-Wand-Weber model, Component-based systems
ID Code:973569
Deposited By: Raul Valverde
Deposited On:02 May 2012 13:28
Last Modified:18 Jan 2018 17:36
Additional Information:The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
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