• DocumentCode
    2298650
  • Title

    Specification of management information systems combining data modeling and structured analysis

  • Author

    Kantorowitz, E.

  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    5-6 Jun 1989
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Lastpage
    44
  • Abstract
    A method for specification of management information systems and a computer-aided tool for its implementation are presented. The method combines two dominant approaches, representing two different points of view of the specification process: data modeling, as reflected in the entity-relationship approach, and structured analysis. The method is implemented with a computer-aided tool, the Combined Specification System (CSS). CSS has the following goals: (1) supporting and guiding the system analyst in the steps of the specification process, while managing a user (system analyst)-system dialog; (2) organizing the accumulated information systematically, while cross checking for preciseness, completeness, consistency, and nonredundancy of the data; and (3) producing documentation that is simple and understandable by the end-user of the information system, yet comprehensive and concise for the system implementation. The method has been tested in the framework of an academic course on developing management information systems
  • Keywords
    management information systems; software engineering; software tools; structured programming; CSS; Combined Specification System; academic course; completeness; computer-aided tool; consistency; cross checking; data modeling; documentation; end-user; entity-relationship; management information systems; nonredundancy; preciseness; specification; structured analysis; user-system dialog; Cascading style sheets; Computer science; Costs; Data engineering; Data models; Documentation; Information analysis; Management information systems; Organizing; Software systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Systems and Software Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., Fourth Israel Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Herzlia
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-1972-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCSSE.1989.72714
  • Filename
    72714