Engineering Pluripotent Information Systems
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Authors: Ivan J. Jureta, Stephane Faulkner, Jean Vanderdonckt.
Publication: Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2008, Marrakech, Morocco.
Abstract. A pluripotent information system is an open and distributed information system that (i) automatically adapts at runtime to changing operating conditions, and (ii) satisfies both the requirements anticipated at development time, and those unanticipated before but relevant at runtime. Engineering pluripotency into an information system therefore responds to two recurring critical issues: (i) the need for adaptability given the uncertainty in a system’s operating environment, and (ii) the difficulty to fully anticipate and account for all possible stakeholders’ requirements at development time and respond to the change of requirements at runtime. We draw on our group’s research efforts over the last two years to show and discuss how pluripotency can be engineered into information systems.
Towards More Realistic Assumptions about Organizations in Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering Frameworks
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Authors: Ivan J. Jureta, Stephane Faulkner.
Publication: Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2008, Marrakech, Morocco.
Abstract. Requirements engineers analyze information system (IS) requirements with a number of explicit and implicit assumptions about human organizations. Such assumptions influence the construction and use of requirements engineering (RE) frameworks. Ultimately, they affect IS requirements’ quality. This paper overviews recent goal-oriented RE (GORE) frameworks by discussing three assumptions about human organizations: bounded human rationality, opportunism in human behavior, and organizational complexity. A discussion of implications results in a set of desirable and undesirable characteristics for GORE frameworks. They are implemented in a framework, named REQUEST, to illustrate one possible implementation in a RE framework. Theoretical discussions are interwoven with examples from a real world industrial case study in which REQUEST was used to engineer IS requirements at a large international steel producer.
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Recently published research
- Essays in Information Management: Contributions to the Modeling and Analysis of Quality in Information Systems Engineering
- Engineering Pluripotent Information Systems
- Towards More Realistic Assumptions about Organizations in Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering Frameworks
- Clear Justification of Modelling Decision for Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering
- Dynamic Requirements Specification for Adaptable and Open Service Systems
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About Ivan
Ivan Jureta currently does scientific research at the intersection of management science, microeconomics, and information systems engineering. Apart his two MSc degrees, one from the University of Louvain and the other from the London School of Economics, he holds a PhD in economics and management from the University of Namur, where he is with the Department of Business Administration. He lives and works primarily between Belgium and Western Balkans. He is the author or coauthor of some 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He lectured about his work at various international conferences and universities, including for instance the University of Trento and Carnegie Mellon University.