scholarly journals Business Modeling in Process-Oriented Organizations for RUP-Based Software Development

2009 ◽  
pp. 2510-2527
Author(s):  
João M. Fernandes ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Business Modeling ◽  
Hierarchical Arrangement ◽  
Develop Software ◽  
Software House ◽  
Process Oriented

Several organizations nowadays are not particularly comfortable with their internal structuring based on a hierarchical arrangement (sub-divided in departments), where collaborators with a limited view of the overall organization perform theiractivities. Those organizations recognize the need to move to a model where multi-skilled teams run horizontal business processes that cross the organization and impact suppliers and clients. To develop software systems for any organization, the development process must always be appropriate and controlled. Additionally, for organizations that want to migrate to a horizontal business processes view, it is required to model the organizational platform where the organizational processes will run. This necessity is also true when the organization under consideration is a software house. In this chapter, a proposal of a generic framework for process-oriented software houses is presented. The way of managing the process model and the instantiation of their processes with the rational unified process (RUP) disciplines, whenever they are available or with other kind of processes, is recommended as a way to control and define the software development process. To illustrate the usefulness of the proposal, the chapter presents how the generic reference framework was executed in a real project called “Premium Wage” and shows, in some detail, the created artifacts (which include several UML models) during the development phases following the RUP disciplines, especially the artifacts produced for business modeling.

scholarly journals Business Modeling in Process-Oriented Organizations for RUP-Based Software Development

2011 ◽  
pp. 98-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Duarte ◽  
João M. Fernandes ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Business Modeling ◽  
Hierarchical Arrangement ◽  
Develop Software ◽  
Software House ◽  
Process Oriented

Several organizations are nowadays not particularly comfortable with their internal structuring based on a hierarchical arrangement (sub-divided in departments), where collaborators with a limited view of the overall organization perform their activities. Those organizations recognize the need to move to a model where multi-skilled teams run horizontal business processes that cross the organization, and impact suppliers and clients. To develop software systems for any organization, the development process must always be appropriate and controlled. Additionally for organizations who want to migrate to a horizontal business processes view, it is required to model the organizational platform where the organizational processes will run. This necessity is also true when the organization under consideration is a software house. In this chapter, a proposal of a generic framework for process-oriented software houses is presented. The way of managing the process model and the instantiation of their processes with the Rational Unified Process (RUP) disciplines, whenever they are available, or with other kind of processes is recommended as a way to control and define the software development process. To illustrate the usefulness of the proposal, it is presented how the generic reference framework was executed in a real project called “Premium Wage” and shown, in some detail, the created artifacts (which include several UML models) during the development phases following the RUP disciplines, especially the artifacts produced for business modeling.

On the Rim Between Business Processes and Software Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 170-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Estrela Ferreira da Cruz ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado ◽  
Maribel Yasmina Santos
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Development Processes

The constant change and rising complexity of organizations, mainly due to the transforming nature of their business processes, has driven the increase of interest in business process management by organizations. It is recognized that knowing business processes can help to ensure that the software under development will meet the business needs. Some of software development processes (like unified process) already refer to business process modeling as a first effort in the software development process. A business process model usually is created under the supervision, clarification, approval, and validation of the business stakeholders. Thus, a business process model is a proper representation of the reality (as is or to be), having lots of useful information that can be used in the development of the software system that will support the business. The chapter uses the information existing in business process models to derive software models specially focused in generating a data model.

On the Rim Between Business Processes and Software Systems

2022 ◽  
pp. 1810-1836
Author(s):  
Maria Estrela Ferreira da Cruz ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado ◽  
Maribel Yasmina Santos
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Development Processes

The constant change and rising complexity of organizations, mainly due to the transforming nature of their business processes, has driven the increase of interest in business process management by organizations. It is recognized that knowing business processes can help to ensure that the software under development will meet the business needs. Some of software development processes (like unified process) already refer to business process modeling as a first effort in the software development process. A business process model usually is created under the supervision, clarification, approval, and validation of the business stakeholders. Thus, a business process model is a proper representation of the reality (as is or to be), having lots of useful information that can be used in the development of the software system that will support the business. The chapter uses the information existing in business process models to derive software models specially focused in generating a data model.

scholarly journals A Process Model for Component-Based Model-Driven Software Development

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 302
Author(s):  
Afrah Umran Alrubaee ◽  
Deniz Cetinkaya ◽  
Gernot Liebchen ◽  
Huseyin Dogan
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Model Driven Software Development ◽  
Component Based Software Engineering

Developing high quality, reliable and on time software systems is challenging due to the increasing size and complexity of these systems. Traditional software development approaches are not suitable for dealing with such challenges, so several approaches have been introduced to increase the productivity and reusability during the software development process. Two of these approaches are Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE) and Model-Driven Software Development (MDD) which focus on reusing pre-developed code and using models throughout the development process respectively. There are many research studies that show the benefits of using software components and model-driven approaches. However, in many cases the development process is either ad-hoc or not well-defined. This paper proposes a new software development process model that merges CBSE and MDD principles to facilitate software development. The model is successfully tested by applying it to the development of an e-learning system as an exemplar case study.

scholarly journals A Guideline Tool for Ongoing Product Evaluation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 3632
Author(s):  
Fouad Abdulameer Salman ◽  
Aziz Bin Deraman ◽  
Masita Binti Abdul Jalil
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Evaluation ◽  
Usability Evaluation ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Develop Software ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
User Friendly

As consumer demand for user friendly software increases, usability evaluation is crucial to develop software systems which are easy to learn and use. However, implementation of usability evaluation is challenging for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) due to factors such as lack of technical expertise, knowledge and experience of methods and standards. This results in neglect, or poorly executed evaluations of projects, resulting in software that disappoints and frustrates clients. To overcome this loss of competitiveness, we propose here a visual incorporation tool derived from ISO standards that would assist software development teams in SMEs in understanding and implementing usability evaluations. It shows fundamental Usability Engineering (UE) and Software Engineering (SE) activities and artifacts relevant to the usability evaluation and software development process, with potential incorporation points being highlighted. Dependencies and relationships are shown by links between activities and artifacts. Additionally, convergent artifacts of both disciplines were identified and shown. Evaluation of the proposed tool was based on the questionnaire results of software development practitioners from SMEs.

scholarly journals COMPOR: a Methodology, a Component Model, a Component based Framework and Tools to Build Multiagent Systems

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyggo Oliveira de Almeira ◽  
Evandro De Barros Costa ◽  
Rodrigo De Barros Paes ◽  
Angelo Percusich
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Multiagent Systems ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Component Model ◽  
Develop Software ◽  
Negotiation Problem

In this paper a set of guidelines, techniques and tools to develop software for multiagent systems (MAS), named COMPOR, are introduced. The main objetive is to provide an effective approach to deal with the dynamic and openness characteristics of such systems. COMPOR is based on a conceptual model for a society of agents named MATHEMA and on the component based software development. We present a methodology, a component model, a framework, and an environment to aid during the development process of MAS. We also discuss the aplication of COMPOR for an electronic commerce negotiation problem. 

An Improved Approach to the Semi-Process-Oriented Implementation of Standardised ERP-Systems

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas W. H. Ku¨hl ◽  
Heinz D. Kno¨ll
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Software Implementation ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Process Oriented ◽  
Standard Software ◽  
Oriented System

The improved approach is considered as a life-cycle model that combines the necessities of process improvement projects and the implementation of modern integrated Standard Software systems. To improve the company’s business processes by means of the Standard Software implementation, each phase of the entire implementation life cycle puts its focus on optimising the customer’s underlying business processes. In addition, to intensify the benefits resulting from the process-oriented system implementation, the presented approach is extended by a certain guidance to organise a process-driven project team.

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