Developing Web Information Systems - From Strategy to Implementation

Developing Web Information Systems - From Strategy to Implementation

von: Richard Vidgen, David Avison, Bob Wood (Eds.)

Elsevier Trade Monographs, 2002

ISBN: 9780080504186 , 274 Seiten

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Developing Web Information Systems - From Strategy to Implementation


 

Front Cover

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Developing Web Information Systems

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Copyright Page

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Contents

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Preface

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Chapter 1. Information System Development

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1.1 Information systems and IT

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1.2 Information systems development methodologies

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1.3 Information systems development life-cycles

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1.4 Alternative strategies for information systems acquisition

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Chapter 2. Internet-based Information Systems

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2.1 The Internet

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2.2 How the Internet works

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2.3 Open source software development

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Chapter 3. Web IS Development Methodology (WISDM)

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3.1 Introduction

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3.2 WISDM in context: the Multiview approach to IS development

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3.3 The WISDM matrix

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3.4 The role of the analyst: multiple perspectives

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3.5 WISDM and the IS development life-cycle

52

3.6 Is web IS development different?

52

Chapter 4. e-Business Strategy

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4.1 Introduction

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4.2 Business models

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4.3 Business webs for the theatre industry

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4.4 Virtual communities

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4.5 Marketspace transformation and relationship capital

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Chapter 5. Systems Thinking

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5.1 Introduction

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5.2 Difficulties and messes

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5.3 Themes in systems thinking

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5.4 Thinking in loops

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5.5 Patterns

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5.6 Mental models

92

Chapter 6. Soft Systems Methodology

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6.1 Introduction

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6.2 Hard and soft systems thinking

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6.3 Soft systems methodology

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6.4 Beyond the basic form of SSM

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Chapter 7. Designing for User Satisfaction

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7.1 Introduction

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7.2 Sociotechnical design with ETHICS

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7.3 The Scandinavian tradition of participative design

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7.4 Web site quality – the customer perspective

128

Chapter 8. Information Analysis

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8.1 Introduction

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8.2 Information system modeling

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8.3 The unified modeling language (UML)

142

8.4 Requirements gathering and use case diagrams

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8.5 Class diagrams

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8.6 Interaction diagrams

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8.7 State transition diagrams

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8.8 Activity diagrams

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Chapter 9. Technical Design

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9.1 Introduction

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9.2 Information system design

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9.3 System design overview

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9.4 Logical database design

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9.5 Application design

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9.6 User interface design

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Chapter 10. Software System Construction

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10.1 Introduction

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10.2 Software implementation overview

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10.3 Business data implementation

205

10.4 Business logic

213

10.5 Presentation layer – the user interface

222

10.6 Putting it all together – the complete application

226

10.7 Wireless application protocol (WAP)

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10.8 Going live

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Chapter 11. Web Information Management

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11.1 Introduction

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11.2 eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

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11.3 Content management systems

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Chapter 12. Reflections on WISDM

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12.1 Introduction

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12.2 The Global Drinks case

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12.3 Web IS Development methods

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12.4 Reflections on the case

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12.5 Methods and methodology in IS development

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Appendix A. Barchester Playhouse Case Study

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A.1 Introduction

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A.2 Current box office operations

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A.3 Motivation for change

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A.4 Requirements of the theatre booking system

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Appendix B. Research Student Admissions Case Study

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B1 The current process

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Appendix C. Internet Resources

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C.1 WISDM

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C.2 Development tools

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C.3 Web design

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C.4 Other useful sites

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Index

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