Viewpoint-Based Flexible Information System Architectures : Procedure and Reference Engineering Models, Recommendation-Based Model Transformations and Impact Analyses.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panfilenko, Dmitri Valeri.

Series:

Wirtschaftsinformatik - Theorie und Anwendung

Wirtschaftsinformatik - Theorie und Anwendung ; v.34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Logos Verlag Berlin, 2021.

Summary:

Information system architecture (ISA) specification as a part of the software engineering field has been an information systems research topic since the 1960's. There have been manifold specification methodologies over the recent decades, developed recently or adapted in order to target the domains of software modelling and legacy systems. Still, there exist considerable issues constituting the need for a flexible ISA development, e.g. incomplete methodology for requirements in model-driven architectures and the lack of qualitative methods for viewpoint definition.Currently existing methods for ISA specification usually create the target architecture by either addressing only a part of software life-cycles or neglecting less structured information. The method for flexible information system architectures (FISA) specification uses the concept of mediating the domain expert and technical system levels. The FISA-method defines construction and application reference models based on the ANSI/IEEE Standard 1471-2000, viewpoints with model transformations based on OMG-Standard Model-Driven Architecture (MDA), and four different approaches for ISA specification, thus providing for flexibility both in construction and refactoring procedures. The FISA-method analyses the ISA specification method field and constructs comprehensive procedure and reference engineering models for flexible ISA specification. The genericity of the conceived construction and application procedure models of FISA allows for its usage both in research and in industry settings, as presented through illustrative scenarios in steel manufacturing and automotive safety.

Contents:

Intro

1 Exposé

1.1 Motivation

1.2 Problem Statement

1.3 Research Objectives and Questions

1.4 Scientific Method Placement

1.5 Thesis Structure

2 Viewpoint-based FISA: Terminology

2.1 Viewpoints: Foundation for Efficient FISA Engineering

2.2 Model Transformations, Resulting Impact Analysis and Recommendations

2.3 Terms and History of Information Systems and Enterprise Architectures

2.4 Deriving the Term: Flexible Information System Architectures

2.5 Chapter Summary: FISA Terminology

3 FISA for Business-IT Alignment and Enterprise Governance

3.1 Viewpoint-based FISA for Business and IT Alignment

3.2 Enterprise Architecture Management, Governance, Growth

3.3 Viewpoint-based FISA Engineering Approaches and Methods

3.4 Chapter Summary: FISA in Software Engineering and Management

4 Viewpoint-based FISA: Viewpoints, Methods, Model Transformations

4.1 Viewpoint Definitions and Methods in FISA

4.2 Model Transformation Approaches and Resulting Impact Analysis

4.3 Chapter Summary: Viewpoints in FISA

5 Requirements Elicitation for FISA Engineering Approach

5.1 State of the Technique for FISA Engineering

5.2 Requirements for Flexible Viewpoint-based System Specification

5.3 Chapter Summary: Requirements for FISA

6 Viewpoint-based FISA Engineering: Procedure and Reference Models

6.1 FISA Reference Procedure Model

6.2 FISA Definitions, Metamodel Assembly and Delimitation

6.3 FISA Viewpoint-based Engineering Method

6.4 FISA Relations: Model Transformations and Viewpoint Assignments

6.5 Chapter Summary: FISA Concept, Models and Method

7 FISA in Context of Legacy Systems and Automotive Safety

7.1 Proof-of-concept Evaluation Approach of the Solution

7.2 Architecture of the FISA Engineering Prototype

7.3 FISA Engineering Industry Application Cases.

7.4 Evaluation Results

7.5 Chapter Summary: FISA Application Cases and Evaluation

8 Conclusions and Research Outlook

8.1 Summary of the Viewpoint-based Engineering Method for FISA

8.2 Critical Acclaim of the Approach

8.3 Future Research Areas for FISA.

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Other Format:

Print version: Panfilenko, Dmitri Valeri Viewpoint-Based Flexible Information System Architectures

ISBN:

9783832584016

OCLC:

1359033412