Complex artefacts, such as information systems (IS), have multiple aspects and components:
business processes, databases, architecture, or software. It is generally agreed that all these …

Les organisations subissent de fréquents changements. Pour rester compétitives, leurs
processus d'entreprise et leur système d'information doivent évoluer de concert, ce qui n'est …

The fundamental step in systems implementation is requirements gathering. This step is
categorized into early phase requirements elicitation and systems modelling. Requirement …

Many modelling techniques tend to address “late-phase” requirements while many critical
modelling decisions (such as determining the main goals of the system, how the …

A multi-agent system is a group of software or hardware agents that cooperate or compete to
achieve individual or shared goals. A method for developing a multi-agent system must be …

Agent-oriented conceptual modelling (AoCM) notations such as i* have received
considerable recent attention as a useful approach to early-phase requirements …

This chapter focusses on the effective usage of transactive energy (TE) and the importance
of developing an economical TE-management (TEM) process. TE is a concept that can play …

Software changes during its lifetime. Likewise, software models change during their design
time, eg by removing, adding or changing operations and classes. This is referred to as …

Abstract Agent-Oriented Conceptual Modelling (AOCM) offers a useful approach to
modelling early phase requirements. It is mainly effective in capturing organisational …

Fitting information systems to business needs is considered equally important by both, the
Requirements Engineering and MIS communities. Even though alignment/fit clearly appears …