Intentional Perspectives on Information Systems Engineering

Cover13; -- Preface -- Short Biography of Colette Rolland -- Academic Tree -- Contents -- Contributors -- From Sustainable Information System with a Farandole of Models to Services -- 1 Introduction -- 2 IS Stakes -- 2.1 IS Origins -- 2.2 Shift -- 2.3 Governance of Information Systems -- 3 IS Worlds -- 3.1 The IS Conceptual World -- 3.2 Overlap Between the IS Conceptual World and the IS Informatics World -- 3.3 Overlap Between the IS Conceptual World and the Activities World -- 3.4 Ontology for IS -- 3.5 IS Governance and Sustainable IS -- 3.6 Conclusions on IS Worlds -- 4 Services -- 4.1 IS Governance Through IS Components -- 4.2 Initiatives, Value and Trans-Disciplinarity -- 4.3 Service -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- On Roles of Models in Information Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Information Systems, Data Systems, Domain Systems and How They Relate -- 2.1 Information Systems and Domain Systems -- 2.2 Information Systems and Data Systems -- 3 Central Issues in Information Systems Engineering -- 3.1 Engineering Practice -- 3.2 Evolution of Detail -- 3.3 Requirements and Solutions -- 3.4 Formal and Informal Specification -- 3.5 Comprehension -- 3.6 Validation -- 4 Modeling of Data, Information and the Domain -- 4.1 Meaning -- 4.2 Concepts for Modeling the UoD -- 4.3 Data Concepts -- 4.4 Information Modeling -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Contemporary Challenges in Requirements Discoveryand Validation: Two Case Studies in Complex Environments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Towards a Systemic Model of RE Challenges -- 2.1 Earlier Typologies of Requirements Challenges -- 2.2 A Systemic Model of Requirements Challenges -- 3 Research Design -- 4 Research Context: Two Multi-Party Systems -- 4.1 The University SIS Project -- 4.2 Integrated Public Safety Initiative (IPSI) -- 5 Alignment with the Challenges Model -- 5.1 Articulation Challenges -- 5.2 Reflectiveness/Motivation -- 5.3 Perceptual Limitations -- 5.4 Paradigmatic Constraints -- 5.5 Business-IT Relationship -- 5.6 Communication Skills -- 5.7 Expectations Management -- 5.8 Conflict Resolution -- 5.9 Prioritization -- 5.10 Diversity of Inputs -- 5.11 Defining Interactions -- 5.12 Assessing Outcomes -- 5.13 Summary of Challenges -- 6 Discussion -- 6.1 The Systemic Character of RE Challenges -- 6.2 Implications for Practice -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Semantic Requirements Engineering -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Using Ontologies -- 3 Application to GORA -- 4 Semantic Quality Metrics -- 5 Semantic Version Control -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Goal-Based Domain Modeling as a Basis for Cross-Disciplinary Systems Engineering -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Study: Automotive Control Systems Development -- 2.1 Developing Control Systems -- 2.2 SMEs Developing Control Systems -- 3 Domain Model Based RE for Control Systems -- 3.1 Agent- and Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering -- 3.2 Domain Model Based Requirements Engineering -- 3.3 Experience-Based Domain Model Evolution -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Intentional Alignment and Interoperabilityin Inter-Organization Information Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Two-Dimensional Framework -- 3 The Supply Chain System -- 4 The Process Level -- 5 Con