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A Requirements Engineering Approach to Improving IT-business Alignment

Authors : Azmat Ullah, Richard Lai

Published in: Information Systems Development

Publisher: Springer New York

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Today, doing business is complex and dynamic due to rapid changes in technology and globalization of the market. Organizations require complex business structures which include: a business model, strategies, operations, etc as well as well-managed business processes (BP) which are continually improved and evaluated. However, sustaining BP is difficult due to non-alignment between information technology (IT) and other organizational components. This chapter presents a business goal-driven requirements engineering approach for IT to better understand system requirements, as requirements are generated from the business goals and provide assistance for analyzing business goals quickly.

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Title: A Requirements Engineering Approach to Improving IT-business Alignment
Authors: Azmat Ullah
Richard Lai
Publisher: Springer New York
Book: Information Systems Development
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-9645-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-9790-6

Copyright Year: 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_62

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