Towards a unified view of system development methods

Authors:
P. Loucopoulos;W. J. Black;A. G. Sutcliffe;P. J. Layzell
Affiliations:
Department of Computation, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK;Department of Computation, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK;Department of Computation, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK;Department of Computation, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
Venue:
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Year:
1987

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Abstract

Currently a wide range of information system development methods exists, each method supporting different sets of concepts and being supported by different techniques and tools. For many large and complex systems a multi-method approach would be preferable but the fragmentation of contemporary methods does not cater at present for a unified representation of system specifications. The AMADEUS project attempts to redress this situation by enabling the integration of different contemporary development methods at the semantic level. This paper addresses the problems involved in the current multiplicity of development methods and proposes a means of enabling system developers to view information system development in a unified way.