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“Systems Analysis And Design Toolkit Based On Work System Theory And Its Extensions, Steven Alter, Dominik Bork
“Systems Analysis And Design Toolkit Based On Work System Theory And Its Extensions, Steven Alter, Dominik Bork
Business Analytics and Information Systems
This article describes proposed content of an online toolkit for users of the work system modeling method (WSMM), an extension of the work system method (WSM), which was developed to help business professionals understand IT-reliant systems and collaborate with IT professionals. A summary of work system theory (WST) and WSM provides a background. A two-dimensional design space for modeling methods illustrates WSMM’s context. Two limitations of WSMM imply the need for a toolkit that overcomes those limitations. An auto rental example is used to illustrate a series of modeling, analysis, and design modules related to different stakeholder purposes. Most of …
Better Use Case Diagrams By Using Work System Snapshots, Narasimha Bolloju, Steven Alter
Better Use Case Diagrams By Using Work System Snapshots, Narasimha Bolloju, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
Research to date shows significant variability in the success of applying the common technique of use case diagramming for identifying information system scope in terms of use cases performed by actors interacting with an information system or performed automatically by the information system. The current research tests a) the benefits of using a work system snapshot, a basic analytical tool from the work system method, before producing use case diagrams, and b) the additional benefits of enhancing use case diagramming constructs to distinguish between automated activities, activities supported by the information system, and relevant manual activities. Teams of student subjects …
The Work System Method: Systems Thinking For Business Professionals, Steven Alter
The Work System Method: Systems Thinking For Business Professionals, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
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Extending A Systems Analysis Method For Business Professionals, Steven Alter
Extending A Systems Analysis Method For Business Professionals, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
Despite having been explored, described, theorized, and measured in hundreds of IS research articles, frequent difficulties related to user participation and business/IT communication persist in relation to project management, specification of requirements, implementation in organizations, business/IT alignment, and IS failures. We report on an extension of a long term design sci-ence research project that previously demonstrated a possible path toward ad-dressing these longstanding problems by empowering business professionals to analyze systems in business terms rather than in formalisms for IT specialists. Previous research demonstrated that most of 75 working business professionals with extensive business experience were able to use the …
Could The Work System Method Embrace Systems Concepts More Fully, Steven Alter
Could The Work System Method Embrace Systems Concepts More Fully, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
The work system method was developed iteratively with the overarching goal of helping business professionals understand IT-reliant systems in organizations. It uses general systems concepts selectively, and sometimes implicitly. For example, a work system has a boundary, but its inputs are treated implicitly rather than explicitly. This paper asks whether the further development of the work system method might benefit from integrating general systems concepts more completely. After summarizing aspects of the work system method, it dissects some of the underlying ideas and questions how thoroughly even basic systems concepts are applied. It also asks whether and how additional systems …