Thistwo-volumebookisthepublishedproceedingsofthe17thInternationalConferenceonInformation
SystemsDevelopment(ISD2008)thatwashostedbytheDepartmentofComputerScienceoftheU-
versityofCyprusattheAnnabelleHotel,Paphos,Cyprus,from25-27August2008.
Thethemeofthe conferencewas"TowardsaServiceProvisionSociety".
Intotal,131delegatesfrom34differentcountriesregisteredfortheconference,makingitatruly
internationalevent.
Paperspresentedattheconferencestronglyreflectedtheconferencetheme.
Of165
paperssubmitted,99werepresentedattheconference,representinganacceptancerateofapproximately
60%.
Allpaperswerepeerreviewedby3or4referees(atotalof543reviewreportsweresubmitted,
correspondingtoanaverageof3. 29reviewsperpaper).
Overthecourseof3days,28papersessionswereheld,coveringarangeofareassuchas"Information
SystemsEngineering&Management","BusinessSystemsAnalysis&Design","IntelligentInformation
Systems","AgileandHigh-SpeedSystemsDevelopmentMethods","EnterpriseSystemsDevelopment&
Adoption","PublicInformationSystemsDevelopment","InformationSystemsDevelopmentEducation",
"Information Systems Development in Developing Nations", "Legal and
Administrative Aspects of
InformationSystemsDevelopment","InformationSystemsResearchMethodologies","Service-Oriented
AnalysisandDesignofInformationSystems","ITServiceManagement","PhilosophicalandTheoretical
IssuesinInformationSystemsDevelopment","Model-drivenEngineeringinISD","HumanComputer
Interaction(HCI)inInformationSystemsDevelopment".
Thebookisorganisedbyorderoftheconference sessions.
Whileallthepresentedpaperswereofhighquality,wehaveselectedtwoofthemtosharetheBest
Paper Award. The first one is "Modeling the contribution of
enterprise architecture practice to the
achievementofbusinessgoals"byMarliesvanSteenbergenandSjaakBrinkkemper.
Thesecondoneis
"Whycan'twebetonISDOutcomes?:ISD'Form'asaPredictorofSuccess"byMikeNewman,ShanL
PanandGaryPan.
Furthermore,toacknowledgethequalityofthereviewshecompleted,thequality
ofthepaperhesubmitted,hisroleasatrackandsessionchair,andhisgeneralparticipationinthe
conference,wehaveawardedanOverallContributionAwardtoMichaelLangoftheNationalUniversity
of Ireland, Galway. Details of these awards can be found on the
conference Web site at http:// isd2008. cs. ucy. ac. cy.
Ourgratitudeisextendedfirsttoallthosewhoattendedandauthoredworkfortheconference.
The
contributionoftheInternationalProgramCommitteewasinvaluableinidentifyingtrackchairsand
reviewerstocommittodoingvitalwork.
Whilevolunteeringtohostaconferenceisahighlypersonal
undertaking,withoutsupportitwouldbeimpossible.
Thus,wewishtothankoursponsorsfortheir financialsupportandotheraid.
The ISD conference community has developed over the years a real
sense of collegiality and
friendliness,perhapsunusuallysoforaconference.
Atthesametimeithasbeenastimulatingforum
whereafreeexchangeofviewsandperspectivesisencouraged.
Perhapswhatbringsthecommunity
togetherisabeliefthattheprocessofsystemsdevelopmentisimportant;whetheritissystematicor
structuredorimprovisedorspontaneous,thereissomethingabouttheprocessandtheoutcomesthat
excitesus.
Weformaspectrumofthoughtfromthosewhoseetheactivityassomewhatscientifictoothers
thatseeitaswhollysociological;wespanadividebetweenabstractandconceptual,tohardcodeand
v vi Preface artefacts-somewherein-betweenliesthetruth.
Ifourworkistomakeameaningfulcontributiontoboth
practice(byteachingstudents)andresearch(bysharingourexperiencesandstudieswithothers),then
hopefullythisconferencewillhavedonealittleoftheformerandmuchforthelatter.
GeorgeA. Papadopoulos GregoryWojtkowski WitaWojtkowski
StanislawWrycza JozeZupancic Contents 1. Designing Class Methods
from Dataflow Diagrams Peretz Shoval and Judith Kabeli-Shani 1.
Introduction...1 2. OverviewoftheDesignPhaseofFOOM...2 3.
TransactionsandTheirDescriptions...3 3. 1. WhatisaTransaction?...3
3. 2. Top-LevelDescriptionsofTransactions...5 4.
DetailedDesignofTransactionsandClassMethods...6 4. 1.
StepsintheDesignofTransactionandClassMethods...6 4. 2.
FromTop-LeveltoDetailedTransactionDescriptions...6 4. 3.
FromDetailedDescriptionsofTransactiontoClassMethods...7 4. 4.
MessageCharts...9 5. Summary...9 References...10 2. On The Human,
Organizational, and Technical Aspects of Software Development and
Analysis ? ? Robertas Damasevicius 1. Introduction...11 2.
Non-TechnicalAspectsofSoftwareDevelopment ...12 2. 1.
SocialAspects...12 2. 2. OrganizationalAspects...12 2. 3.
PsychologicalAspects...13 2. 4. CulturalAspects...13 3.
SocialDisciplinesofComputerScience...13 4.
Socio-TechnicalSoftwareAnalysis...15 4. 1.
Concept,Context,andAimsofSocio-TechnicalSoftwareAnalysis...15 4. 2.
Socio-TechnicalSoftwareAnalysisvs. TraditionalDomainAnalysis...15
5. DiscussionandConclusions...16 References...
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