Systems Engineering For Busine

by Henderson, Pete

• ISBN13: 9781852333997
• ISBN10: 1852333995
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A collection of papers resulting from an EPSRC managed research programme set up to investigate the relationships between Legacy IT Systems and Business Processes.

Table of Contents

Asset Mapping - Developing Inter-Enterprise Solutions from Legacy Components	p. 1
Reasoning about Systems and their Properties	p. 13
An Abstract Architecture for Dependable and Flexible Distributed Applications	p. 23
Converse: A Family-Oriented Software Development Process for Engine Controllers	p. 38
Application of an Agent Software Architecture for the SEBPC CARD Project	p. 74
Cheating Death: Better Software Evolution	p. 81
Initial Recommendations for Improving Maintenance Strategy	p. 94
Theory and Practice of Enhancing a Legacy Software System	p. 120
A Unified Mechanism for Information Systems Definition in Action	p. 138
Evaluating Information Technology: Lessons from Integrating Business Process Simulation with Computer Network Simulation	p. 150
Decision Technologies for New Bid Pricing Processes in Distribution Industries	p. 160
A Search-Based Automated Test-Data Generation Framework for Safety-Critical Systems	p. 174
An Evolutionary Systems Model	p. 214
More Legacy System Patterns	p. 225
The ERP Systems Development Approach to Achieving an Adaptive Enterprise: The Impact of Enterprise Process Modelling Tools	p. 241
Co-Evolution of Diverse Elements Interacting Within a Social Ecosystem	p. 253
Business and IT Perspectives on AMORE: A Methodology using Object-Orientation in Re-engineering Enterprises	p. 274
Co-ordination Adaptors: The Evolution of Component-Based Distributed Systems	p. 298
Global Perspectives on Legacy Systems	p. 309
Remembrance of Designs Past: Legacy Data, Organisational Memory and Distributed Design	p. 317
Intelligent Software Support of Business Process Change	p. 331
Modelling Collaboration in Loosely Coupled Inter-Organisational Relationships	p. 347
RICES: Reasoning about Information Consistency across Enterprise Solutions	p. 367
Subject Index	p. 375
Author Index	p. 383
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