Title :
ISYDES: the project of a tool aimed at information system development
Author :
Boccalatte, Antonio ; Giglio, Davide ; Paolucci, Massimo
Author_Institution :
DIST, Genova Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Illustrates the main functionalities and development methodologies of the ISYDES (Information SYstem DEsign Support) system, which is a CASE tool for information system (IS) design and development. Such a tool is mainly composed of two software tools: the first allows the definition of the static structure of data, whereas the second allows the complete specification of all the functions which constitute the dynamic part of an IS. This second step is very important in the design phase of an IS, as all the IS operations and processes are based on the specification of such functions. The proposed ISYDES tool adopts an object-oriented approach to the IS conceptual design; in particular, it provides a way to specify the information processes that can be easily translated into the actual IS-coded procedures
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; data structures; formal specification; information systems; project support environments; software tools; CASE tool; ISYDES; development methodologies; functional specification; information process specification; information system design support tool; information system development; object-oriented conceptual design; software tools; static data structure definition; Computer aided software engineering; Data models; Documentation; Environmental management; Formal specifications; Information systems; Materials requirements planning; Prototypes; Relational databases; Software prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Research Challenges, 2000. Proceedings. Academia/Industry Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Buffalo, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0628-3
DOI :
10.1109/AIWORC.2000.843307
