Title: The role of quality aspects for the adequacy of business processes and business information systems

Authors: Sebastian Adam, Norman Riegel, Joerg Doerr

Addresses: Fraunhofer IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. ' Fraunhofer IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. ' Fraunhofer IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany

Abstract: In the requirements engineering area, it has been recognised that quality issues are essential for the success of any system development and that they should be considered right from the beginning of every project. Even though quality also plays a central role in business process management, systematic consideration of quality requirements is still missing. In this article, we therefore discuss that the continuous traceability of quality might lead to more adequate business processes and supporting information systems. To underpin this position, we develop – based on our many years of experience in the information systems domain – a meta-model, mathematical dependencies and a development method that show how quality goals, business processes and quality requirements for the involved systems are intertwined and how they influence each other.

Keywords: adequacy; business processes; business information systems; requirements engineering; quality requirements; quality tracing; traceability; business IT alignment; goal orientation; information technology; business process management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPIM.2009.027780

International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, 2009 Vol.4 No.2, pp.124 - 133

Published online: 10 Aug 2009 *

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