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Business & Information Systems Engineering
Published in: Business & Information Systems Engineering 1/2018

11-12-2017 | Research Paper

Enabling Normalized Systems in Practice – Exploring a Modeling Approach

Authors: Peter De Bruyn, Herwig Mannaert, Jan Verelst, Philip Huysmans

Published in: Business & Information Systems Engineering | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Contemporary organizations are required to adapt to a changing environment in an agile way, which is often deemed very challenging. Normalized Systems (NS) theory attempts to build highly evolvable software systems by using systems theory as its theoretical underpinning. A modeling method which supports the identification of the NS elements, required for building NS sofware in practice, is currently missing. Therefore, the paper introduces an approach for creating both data models and processing models in the context of NS, as well as their integration. It is discussed how these models can be taken as the input for the actual creation of evolutionary prototypes by using an earlier developed supporting tool. The modeling approach and its suitability for feeding the tool are evaluated to discover their current strengths and weaknesses.
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Metadata
Title
Enabling Normalized Systems in Practice – Exploring a Modeling Approach
Authors
Peter De Bruyn
Herwig Mannaert
Jan Verelst
Philip Huysmans
Publication date
11-12-2017
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Published in
Business & Information Systems Engineering / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 2363-7005
Electronic ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-017-0510-4

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