Early Requirements and Business-IT Alignment with SEAM for Business

Author

Wegmann, Alain ; Julia, Philippe ; Regev, Gil ; Perroud, Olivier ; Rychkova, Irina

Author_Institution

Ecole Polytech. Federate de Lausanne, Lausanne

fYear

2007

fDate

15-19 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

114

Abstract

The early requirements of an IT system should be aligned with the organization´s business imperatives. To understand these imperatives it is necessary to understand the organization´s position within its environment. SEAM for Business is a method designed for analyzing the competitive environment of an organization, including its relationships with its customers, partners, and market regulators. From this analysis, the main requirements of the IT systems can be inferred. We illustrate the use of SEAM for Business with a real project aimed at redesigning the website of a consulting company.

Keywords

Web design; business data processing; competitive intelligence; formal specification; information technology; systems analysis; IT system requirements; SEAM; Web site redesign; business-IT alignment; competitive environment analysis; Business communication; Cities and towns; Companies; Computer architecture; Concrete; Couplings; Design methodology; Electronic government; Gas insulated transmission lines; Regulators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Requirements Engineering Conference, 2007. RE '07. 15th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Delhi

ISSN

1090-705X

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2935-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RE.2007.12

Filename

4384173