The Making of Information Systems (eBook)

Preface 5
Table of Contents 9
The Digital Firm 13
1.1 The Role of Information Systems 15
1.2 Information Systems in the Enterprise 18
1.3 The Role of Information Systems Development 32
Managing the Making of IS 39
2.1 Creating the Idea 40
2.2 Management Decisions 44
2.3 Global Options: Outsourcing and Offshoring 60
2.4 The Business Value of IS: Costs and Benefits 81
Information Systems Architecture 107
3.1 What is an Architecture? 107
3.2 Common Architectural Patterns 110
3.3 Service- oriented Architecture ( SOA) 117
3.4 Enterprise Service- oriented Architecture 128
3.5 Platforms 134
Developing Information Systems 167
4.1 Starting with a Problem Specification 168
4.2 Process Models and ISD Paradigms 170
4.3 Rational Unified Process ( RUP) 196
4.4 Non- conventional Approaches to Information Systems Development 217
4.5 Offshoring Process Models 235
Analysis and Design 247
5.1 Requirements Engineering ( RE) 248
5.2 Design 287
5.3 Upper CASE 352
Implementation and Testing 365
6.1 Implementing the Design 366
6.2 Lower CASE 390
6.3 Testing 398
Implementing Standard Software 439
7.1 Standard vs. Individual Software 440
7.2 Process Models for Standard Software Implementation 443
7.3 Customizing Standard Software 457
7.4 Integrating Standard Software into the Information Systems Landscape 469
7.5 Legacy Systems 478
Software Project Management 485
8.1 Project Management Overview 486
8.2 Project Planning 495
8.3 Project Execution and Control 522
8.4 Multi- project Management 530
8.5 Managing Globally Distributed Projects 536
Tooling Support for ISD 545
9.1 Fundamental Tools 546
9.2 Combining Fundamental Tools 555
9.3 Project- wide Tools 567
9.4 Summary and Outlook 577
References 579
Index 595