Navigating the Methodology Jungle -- The communicative role of modelling techniques in information system development

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Alternative routes in the digital world: Open source software in Africa

No Abstract.Mtafiti Mwafrika Vol. Spec Ed. 2004: pp. 76-9

The structure of business communication: Theory, model and application

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Comparing Two Business Modelling Approaches in the Language Action Perspective

The increasing market turbulence and the increasing need for the creation of competitive advantages force businesses to rethink the way they perform their business. This rethinking is often performed unstructured or fragmented, and they fail to consider the business as a whole. Therefore there is a need for making a diagnosis as a basis for redesigning the business. In order to perform this diagnosis and redesign in an effective and efficient manner, there is a need for structured business modelling tools. In the current paper two business modelling methods (BAT/SIMM and DEMO) are presented that are founded in the language action perspective. The language action perspective is chosen on the premises that all organisation processes are founded in communicative action. After a theoretical introduction, the two methods are applied to a case study in order to make comparisons both methods on the theoretical and application level. The results from the comparison show that although ..

Speech Act Based Communication and Information Modeling with Demo

The field of speech act based modelling of information systems has attracted an increasing attention in recent years. On the basis of the research work of Winograd and Flores, several modelling approaches have been proposed. In this paper we discuss the speech act based modelling approaches in general and the DEMO approach in particular. Next to the discussion of theoretical foundations of this modelling approach we also illustrate the application of DEMO to a case study, and we report on the status of the resulting models for information systems design and business process optimisation