Understanding computers and cognition
Understanding computers and cognition
SADT: structured analysis and design technique
SADT: structured analysis and design technique
Computer systems and the design of organizational interaction
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Modern structured analysis
Contextualism as a world view for the reformation of meetings
CSCW '88 Proceedings of the 1988 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
Four paradigms of information systems development
Communications of the ACM
Object-oriented analysis
User models: theory, method, and practice
International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
Object oriented design with applications
Object oriented design with applications
Traditional dialogue design applied to modern user interfaces
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on simulation
Contextual design: an emergent view of system design
CHI '90 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Object-Oriented Database Management Systems: Concepts and Issues
Computer - Special issue on instruction sequencing
Object-oriented software engineering
Object-oriented software engineering
The art and science of designing computet artifacts
Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems
Designing object-oriented software
Designing object-oriented software
Essays on object-oriented software engineering (vol. 1)
Essays on object-oriented software engineering (vol. 1)
The sciences of the artificial (3rd ed.)
The sciences of the artificial (3rd ed.)
Augmenting SADT to develop computer support for cooperative work
ICSE '91 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Software engineering
The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of data
ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) - Special issue: papers from the international conference on very large data bases: September 22–24, 1975, Framingham, MA
Specifying groupware requirements from direct experience
IWSSD '91 Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software specification and design
System development (Prentice-Hall International series in computer science)
System development (Prentice-Hall International series in computer science)
Structured Analysis and System Specification
Structured Analysis and System Specification
Structuring e-participation perspectives: mapping and aligning models to core facets
Proceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
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This paper presents four world views for developing system specifications. Each is described by first revealing its root metaphor, that is, the most primitive starting point for understanding a system. As each world view and its metaphor are described, we show how particular major current approaches to systems analysis and design fall within the view. We discuss how the root metaphor simultaneously provides useful system concepts while limiting their utility. The paper concludes by suggesting how practicing analysts can use world views to guard against missing important system aspects, avoid specification complexity, and ensure greater coverage and completeness.