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Thistwo-volumebookisthepublishedproceedingsofthe17thInternationalConferenceonInformation SystemsDevelopment(ISD2008)thatwashostedbytheDepartmentofComputerScienceoftheU- versityofCyprusattheAnnabelleHotel, Paphos, Cyprus, from25 27August2008. Thethemeofthe conferencewas TowardsaServiceProvisionSociety . Intotal,131delegatesfrom34differentcountriesregisteredfortheconference, makingitatruly internationalevent. Paperspresentedattheconferencestronglyreflectedtheconferencetheme. Of165 paperssubmitted,99werepresentedattheconference, representinganacceptancerateofapproximately 60%. Allpaperswerepeerreviewedby3or4referees(atotalof543reviewreportsweresubmitted, correspondingtoanaverageof3. 29reviewsperpaper). Overthecourseof3days,28papersessionswereheld, coveringarangeofareassuchas Information SystemsEngineering&Management, BusinessSystemsAnalysis&Design, IntelligentInformation Systems, AgileandHigh-SpeedSystemsDevelopmentMethods, EnterpriseSystemsDevelopment& Adoption, PublicInformationSystemsDevelopment, InformationSystemsDevelopmentEducation, Information Systems Development in Developing Nations, Legal and Administrative Aspects of InformationSystemsDevelopment, InformationSystemsResearchMethodologies, Service-Oriented AnalysisandDesignofInformationSystems, ITServiceManagement, PhilosophicalandTheoretical IssuesinInformationSystemsDevelopment, Model-drivenEngineeringinISD, HumanComputer Interaction(HCI)inInformationSystemsDevelopment . Thebookisorganisedbyorderoftheconference sessions. Whileallthepresentedpaperswereofhighquality, wehaveselectedtwoofthemtosharetheBest Paper Award. The first one is Modeling the contribution of enterprise architecture practice to the achievementofbusinessgoals byMarliesvanSteenbergenandSjaakBrinkkemper. Thesecondoneis Whycan twebetonISDOutcomes?: ISD Form asaPredictorofSuccess byMikeNewman, ShanL PanandGaryPan. Furthermore, toacknowledgethequalityofthereviewshecompleted, thequality ofthepaperhesubmitted, hisroleasatrackandsessionchair, andhisgeneralparticipationinthe conference, wehaveawardedanOverallContributionAwardtoMichaelLangoftheNationalUniversity of Ireland, Galway. Details of these awards can be found on the conference Web site at http: // isd2008. cs. ucy. ac. cy. Ourgratitudeisextendedfirsttoallthosewhoattendedandauthoredworkfortheconference. The contributionoftheInternationalProgramCommitteewasinvaluableinidentifyingtrackchairsand reviewerstocommittodoingvitalwork. Whilevolunteeringtohostaconferenceisahighlypersonal undertaking, withoutsupportitwouldbeimpossible. Thus, wewishtothankoursponsorsfortheir financialsupportandotheraid. The ISD conference community has developed over the years a real sense of collegiality and friendliness, perhapsunusuallysoforaconference. Atthesametimeithasbeenastimulatingforum whereafreeexchangeofviewsandperspectivesisencouraged. Perhapswhatbringsthecommunity togetherisabeliefthattheprocessofsystemsdevelopmentisimportant;whetheritissystematicor structuredorimprovisedorspontaneous, thereissomethingabouttheprocessandtheoutcomesthat excitesus. Weformaspectrumofthoughtfromthosewhoseetheactivityassomewhatscientifictoothers thatseeitaswhollysociological;wespanadividebetweenabstractandconceptual, tohardcodeand v vi Preface artefacts somewherein-betweenliesthetruth. Ifourworkistomakeameaningfulcontributiontoboth practice(byteachingstudents)andresearch(bysharingourexperiencesandstudieswithothers), then hopefullythisconferencewillhavedonealittleoftheformerandmuchforthelatter. GeorgeA. Papadopoulos GregoryWojtkowski WitaWojtkowski StanislawWrycza JozeZupancic Contents 1. Designing Class Methods from Dataflow Diagrams Peretz Shoval and Judith Kabeli-Shani 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. OverviewoftheDesignPhaseofFOOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. TransactionsandTheirDescrip

ISBN-13

9780387848099

ISBN-10

0387848096

Weight

4.65 Pounds

Dimensions

7.50 x 2.00 x 10.30 In

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$329.99

Edition

1st Edition

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Hardcover

Language

English

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liv, 974 pages

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Springer

Published On

2009-10-26



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