scholarly journals A grammar of business rules in Information Systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Joubert ◽  
Jan H Kroeze ◽  
Carina De Villiers
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
System Development ◽  
System Level ◽  
Business Rules ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Systems Analysis And Design ◽  
Robust Modelling ◽  
Systems Analysts ◽  
The One

There are many situations during information system development (ISD) where there is a need to do modelling on a business level before more detailed and robust modelling are done on the technical system level. Most business level modelling uses some form of natural language constructs which are, on the one hand, easy to use by untrained users, but which are too vague and ambiguous to be used in subsequent systems level modelling by systems analysts, on the other hand. The goal of this article is to suggest a subset of morphology, syntax and semantics concepts that may be used to analyse texts containing business rules during Information Systems analysis and design. The contribution of this research is to provide a better understanding of the fundamental entities in business and ISD modelling and their relationships in order to improve informal, mostly textual, business modelling.Keywords: business rules, modelling, grammar, morphology, syntax, semanticsDisciplines: Information Systems, Information Systems Development, Information Systems Analysis and Design, Linguistics

scholarly journals Alternative Instructional Strategies in an IS Curriculum

10.28945/2892 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Parker ◽  
Cynthia LeRouge ◽  
Ken Trimmer
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Core Component ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Systems Analysis And Design ◽  
Data Elements

Systems Analysis and Design is a core component of an education in information systems. To appeal to a wider range of constituents and facilitate the learning process, the content of a traditional Systems Analysis and Design course has been supplemented with an alternative modeling approach. This paper presents an instructional design that incorporates a model from accounting literature (REA) with traditional Systems Analysis and Design methods in introducing the topic of data modeling. Detailed instructions for deriving data elements and relationships are presented. Feedback from students indicates increased satisfaction with the learning process and retention of material.

Ontological Foundations of Information Systems Analysis and Design

2011 ◽  
pp. 322-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Wyssusek ◽  
Helmut Klaus
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Systems Analysis And Design ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Ontology

Ontology has attracted considerable attention in information systems analysis and design (ISAD) research. Ontology is philosophy and bears its own substance and history of debates, which quite often have not been accounted for in information systems research. A more comprehensive consideration of well-known philosophical issues of ontology may help to apprehend precisely the transfer of ontological concepts into ISAD, including insights regarding their limitations and to articulate directions towards further research. In particular, this requires expanding of the scope of current debates in information systems towards the socio-philosophical aspects of ontology. Only then, it will be possible to determine whether ontology can direct the project of theoretical foundation for ISAD. An outline of the critique of the prevailing rationalistic methodical understanding of information systems development in contemporary IS literature illustrates how the indiscriminating borrowing of philosophical presuppositions has encumbered current understandings. Critical reflection upon these presuppositions can get over persuasions and bring about theorisation.

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