Digital Government Systems: Tackling The Legacy Problem Through A Game-Based Approach To Business Requirements Analysis

Government agency reliance on legacy systems is problematic: they are costly to maintain, difficult to integrate with and they hinder innovation. However, the replacement of legacy systems is not a straightforward endeavor, and it often results in technology substitution that is not accompanied by business process change. The focus of this dissertation is on the phenomenon of legacy system replication wherein the requirements for applications replacing outdated technologies mimic legacy features and reflect status quo operational processes that have been historically shaped by the legacy system itself. This problem is referred to throughout the dissertation as the “legacy problem.” The dissertation investigates its roots and proposes an approach to overcome it. Specifically, a mixed method research approach is taken, including a survey of public sector practitioners to explore the extent of the legacy problem, and a series of semi-structured interviews with government information technology and management professionals to delve into the dynamics of legacy system replacement projects. Findings indicate that the legacy problem often stems from a lack of critical analysis of business requirements and the desire to minimize the risks associated with organizational change, which often result in missed opportunities for digital government innovation. As a consequence, the dissertation proposes a candidate approach to deal with the legacy problem in the development of a requirements game (RE-PROVO) which supports requirements discussions structured around the themes of legacy (or heritage) preservation and innovation. The game is evaluated by local government practitioners through several iterations and their feedback is analysed to gauge the potential utility of the approach. The results indicate that with a streamlined user interface and accentuated game elements RE-PROVO can be a valuable and effective tool for requirements analysis in legacy system replacement projects

Analisis Sistem Informasi Manajemen Perkuliahan Pada Fakultas Ilmu Komputer Universitas Sriwijaya

One of the main tasks of Computer Science Faculty of Sriwijaya University (Fasilkom Unsri) as one of the higher education institution is the academic management. Academic process in Fasilkom Unsri still emphasizes the use of word processing and spreadsheet applications that can result in delays and redundancy on the processing of data for syllabus, units lecture event, teachers' attendance, and class schedules reports. The absence of a specialized system that monitors the lecture materials directly can also result in decision making process by the top-level-management becomes less optimal to improve the quality of higher education in the academic field. Development of Course Management Information Systems is an effort to facilitate the top-level-management (Dean, Assistant Dean) in business management and evaluation of the overall college process that has occurred in order to improve the quality of higher education in the academic field using computer-based systems.This study emphasizes the process of developing course management information systems at Fasilkom Unsri, particularly in systems analysis phase. The methodology used is the Framework for the Application of Systems Thinking (FAST). In this methodology there are some systems analysis processes, namely the scope definition, problem analysis, requirements analysis, logical design and decision analysis.This study produced a proposed system and application architecture of management information systems courses in Fasilkom Unsri

Towards interoperability of i* models using iStarML

Goal-oriented and agent-oriented modelling provides an effective approach to the understanding of distributed information systems that need to operate in open, heterogeneous and evolving environments. Frameworks, firstly introduced more than ten years ago, have been extended along language variants, analysis methods and CASE tools, posing language semantics and tool interoperability issues. Among them, the i* framework is one the most widespread. We focus on i*-based modelling languages and tools and on the problem of supporting model exchange between them. In this paper, we introduce the i* interoperability problem and derive an XML interchange format, called iStarML, as a practical solution to this problem. We first discuss the main requirements for its definition, then we characterise the core concepts of i* and we detail the tags and options of the interchange format. We complete the presentation of iStarML showing some possible applications. Finally, a survey on the i* community perception about iStarML is included for assessment purposes.Preprin

COMPARISON OF CLASSICAL ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) APPROACH AND FUZZY AHP APPROACH IN MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS (CVISN) PROJECT

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has emerged as an important technology with many possible applications in a wide variety of fields. It is said that RFID can perform well in transportation system. Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (NEDMV) is using this technique to perform an analysis on utilizing RFID license plates to assist with Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) program with the cooperation of many other stakeholders. Previous House of Quality (HOQ) analysis evaluates stakeholders’ needs and provides the pairwise comparison values of six important technical requirements for each stakeholder. Based on these, this research aims to seek for the comprehensive ranking of the six technical requirements. The weights of different technical requirements vary a lot according to different stakeholders. As a result, assumptions are made to make it possible that fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach could be used to give weight rankings of this multiple-criteria decision making problem. Problem comes out naturally that whether or not fuzzy AHP is appropriate to solve this problem. To verify the feasibility of application of fuzzy AHP to CVISN project problem, benchmarking comparison of classical AHP and fuzzy AHP approaches is performed. The comparison bases on a series of statistical models with 240 randomly generated statistical data. Results of comparison indicate that the pairwise weight values of AHP approach positively affect the difference between the two approaches, and fuzzy AHP could narrow the differences of weights among different criteria. Benchmarking models provide basic parameters, based on which prediction intervals are built to verify the outcomes of CVISN project given by fuzzy AHP. Results show that fuzzy AHP is an appropriate approach for CVISN project. Finally a comprehensive weight vector of six technical requirements is provided by fuzzy AHP, catering to the requirements of further research on choosing a best RFID system

Model-Based Decision Support for Industry-Environment Interactions

Applied systems analysis is -- or should be -- a tool in the hands of planners and decision makers who have to deal with the complex and growing problems of modern society. There is, however, an obvious gap between the ever-increasing complexity and volume of scientific and technological information and tools of analysis relevant to large socio-technical and environmental systems, and the information requirements at a strategic planning and policy level. The Advanced Computer Applications (ACA) project builds on IIASA's traditional strength in the methodological foundations of operations research and applied systems analysis, and its rich experience in numerous application areas including the environment, technology, and risk. The ACA group draws on this infrastructure and combines it with elements of AI and advanced information and computer technology. Several completely externally-funded research and development projects in the field of model-based decision support and applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) are currently under way. As an example of this approach to information and decision support systems, one of the components of an R&D project sponsored by the CEC's EURATOM Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra, Italy, in the area of hazardous substances and industrial risk management, is described in this paper. The PDA (Production Distribution Area) is an interactive optimization code (based on DIDASS, one of a family of multicriteria decision support tools developed at IIASA) and a linear problem solver, for chemical industry structures, configured for the pesticide industry of a hypothetical region. The user can select optimization criteria, define allowable ranges or constraints on these criteria, define reference points for the multi-criteria trade-off, and display various levels of model output, including the waste streams generated by the different industrial structure alternatives. These waste streams can then be used to provide input conditions for the environmental impact models. With the emphasis on a directly understandable problem representation and dynamic color graphics, and the user interface as a key element of interactive decision support systems, this is a step toward increased direct practical usability of IIASA's research results

RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM INFORMASI PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN DAERAH ( STUDI KASUS PADA SKPD DINAS ENERGI DAN SUMBER DAYA INERAL KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN SANGIHE )

Regional financial management, especially in administration of expenditure, required a procedure to avoid coding errors and determining the program budget ceiling of an activity and also the calculation of financial data. The purpose of this research is to develop a financial management information system applications and apply the conceptual design in analyzing and designing information systems engineering. The method that used in this research study is FAST (Framework for Application of Systems Thinking) Method, which consists of the stages, scope definition, problem analysis, requirements analysis, logical design, decision analysis, design and physical integration and the construction and testing. The result of research study of design is it become easy and quick to get accurate information, relevant and timely information to decision making, especially the use of budgetary control, evaluation and recording of transactions and budget estimates in coming year. Keywords: Regional Financial Management, Control and Evaluation of the use of a budget, FAST method