Designing more deeper
Keith A. Butler, Chris Exposito, D. Klawitter · 1997
Our objective was to demonstrate how software methods for information systems can function as an integral part of advanced methods for reengineering and continuously improving business processes.We report the feasibility of version 0.3 of the tools for a User-Centered Development Environment with Distributed Application Services.Our approach was to derive BOC definitions from a discrete event model of the business process, and then convert the BOC definitions into Object Modeling Technique notation for requirements to drive the detailed software design, The software design included distributed execution to capitalize on relevant portions of legacy systems.The last part of the &id was to demonstrate how the BOCS could be implemented over Ml@, Unix, and PC platforms, and then integrated quickly as a flexible application.Our evaluation indicates that modei.ingtechnology and techniques will soon be ready for deployment, as will visual progr amming.More technology development is needed for the integration of heterogeneous data.