KAOS-B: A Goal-oriented Process Model for EIS

Malihe Tabatabaie, Fiona A. C. Polack, Richard F. Paige

2010

Abstract

There is increasing demand for approaches to develop more effective enterprise information systems (EIS). A possible solution is to focus on eliciting and elaborating goals prior to capturing EIS requirements. Focusing on EIS goals could help the developer team and other stakeholders (particularly decision makers) achieve a shared and structured understanding of the goals of the EIS and the overall enterprise. We present an investigation of the use of the KAOS approach to goal modelling in the domain of EIS. As a result, we propose a tailoring of KAOS for this domain; the tailoring has been developed through empirical studies. Our tailoring, called KAOS-B , is described, and an empirical evaluation is presented, investigating its applicability for defining and structuring the goals of groups of EIS.

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Tabatabaie M., A. C. Polack F. and F. Paige R. (2010). KAOS-B: A Goal-oriented Process Model for EIS . In Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-12-6, pages 40-49. DOI: 10.5220/0003016000400049


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@conference{msvveis10,
author={Malihe Tabatabaie and Fiona A. C. Polack and Richard F. Paige},
title={KAOS-B: A Goal-oriented Process Model for EIS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={40-49},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003016000400049},
isbn={978-989-8425-12-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2010)
TI - KAOS-B: A Goal-oriented Process Model for EIS
SN - 978-989-8425-12-6
AU - Tabatabaie M.
AU - A. C. Polack F.
AU - F. Paige R.
PY - 2010
SP - 40
EP - 49
DO - 10.5220/0003016000400049