Thistwo-volumebookisthepublishedproceedingsofthe17thInternationalConferenceonInformation SystemsDevelopment(ISD2008)thatwashostedbytheDepartmentofComputerScienceoftheU- versityofCyprusattheAnnabelleHotel,Paphos,Cyprus,from25-27August2008. Thethemeofthe conferencewas TowardsaServiceProvisionSociety . Intotal,131delegatesfrom34differentcountriesregisteredfortheconference,makingitatruly internationalevent. Paperspresentedattheconferencestronglyreflectedtheconferencetheme. Of165 paperssubmitted,99werepresentedattheconference,representinganacceptancerateofapproximately 60%. Allpaperswerepeerreviewedby3or4referees(atotalof543reviewreportsweresubmitted, correspondingtoanaverageof3. 29reviewsperpaper). Overthecourseof3days,28papersessionswereheld,coveringarangeofareassuchas Information SystemsEngineering&Management , BusinessSystemsAnalysis&Design , IntelligentInformation Systems , AgileandHigh-SpeedSystemsDevelopmentMethods , EnterpriseSystemsDevelopment& Adoption , PublicInformationSystemsDevelopment , InformationSystemsDevelopmentEducation , Information Systems Development in Developing Nations , Legal and Administrative Aspects of InformationSystemsDevelopment , InformationSystemsResearchMethodologies , Service-Oriented AnalysisandDesignofInformationSystems , ITServiceManagement , PhilosophicalandTheoretical IssuesinInformationSystemsDevelopment , Model-drivenEngineeringinISD , HumanComputer Interaction(HCI)inInformationSystemsDevelopment . Thebookisorganisedbyorderoftheconference sessions. Whileallthepresentedpaperswereofhighquality,wehaveselectedtwoofthemtosharetheBest Paper Award. The first one is Modeling the contribution of enterprise architecture practice to the achievementofbusinessgoals byMarliesvanSteenbergenandSjaakBrinkkemper. Thesecondoneis Whycan'twebetonISDOutcomes?:ISD'Form'asaPredictorofSuccess byMikeNewman,ShanL PanandGaryPan. Furthermore,toacknowledgethequalityofthereviewshecompleted,thequality ofthepaperhesubmitted,hisroleasatrackandsessionchair,andhisgeneralparticipationinthe conference,wehaveawardedanOverallContributionAwardtoMichaelLangoftheNationalUniversity of Ireland, Galway. Details of these awards can be found on the conference Web site at http:// isd2008. cs. ucy. ac. cy. Ourgratitudeisextendedfirsttoallthosewhoattendedandauthoredworkfortheconference. The contributionoftheInternationalProgramCommitteewasinvaluableinidentifyingtrackchairsand reviewerstocommittodoingvitalwork. Whilevolunteeringtohostaconferenceisahighlypersonal undertaking,withoutsupportitwouldbeimpossible. Thus,wewishtothankoursponsorsfortheir financialsupportandotheraid. The ISD conference community has developed over the years a real sense of collegiality and friendliness,perhapsunusuallysoforaconference. Atthesametimeithasbeenastimulatingforum whereafreeexchangeofviewsandperspectivesisencouraged. Perhapswhatbringsthecommunity togetherisabeliefthattheprocessofsystemsdevelopmentisimportant;whetheritissystematicor structuredorimprovisedorspontaneous,thereissomethingabouttheprocessandtheoutcomesthat excitesus. Weformaspectrumofthoughtfromthosewhoseetheactivityassomewhatscientifictoothers thatseeitaswhollysociological;wespanadividebetweenabstractandconceptual,tohardcodeand v vi Preface artefacts-somewherein-betweenliesthetruth. Ifourworkistomakeameaningfulcontributiontoboth practice(byteachingstudents)andresearch(bysharingourexperiencesandstudieswithothers),then hopefullythisconferencewillhavedonealittleoftheformerandmuchforthelatter. GeorgeA. Papadopoulos GregoryWojtkowski WitaWojtkowski StanislawWrycza JozeZupancic Contents 1. Designing Class Methods from Dataflow Diagrams Peretz Shoval and Judith Kabeli-Shani 1. Introduction…1 2. OverviewoftheDesignPhaseofFOOM…2 3. TransactionsandTheirDescriptions…3 3. 1. WhatisaTransaction?…3 3. 2. Top-LevelDescriptionsofTransactions…5 4. DetailedDesignofTransactionsandClassMethods…6 4. 1. StepsintheDesignofTransactionandClassMethods…6 4. 2. FromTop-LeveltoDetailedTransactionDescriptions…6 4. 3. FromDetailedDescriptionsofTransactiontoClassMethods…7 4. 4. MessageCharts…9 5. Summary…9 References…10 2. On The Human, Organizational, and Technical Aspects of Software Development and Analysis ? ? Robertas Damasevicius 1. Introduction…11 2. Non-TechnicalAspectsofSoftwareDevelopment …12 2. 1. SocialAspects…12 2. 2. OrganizationalAspects…12 2. 3. PsychologicalAspects…13 2. 4. CulturalAspects…13 3. SocialDisciplinesofComputerScience…13 4. Socio-TechnicalSoftwareAnalysis…15 4. 1. Concept,Context,andAimsofSocio-TechnicalSoftwareAnalysis…15 4. 2. Socio-TechnicalSoftwareAnalysisvs. TraditionalDomainAnalysis…15 5. DiscussionandConclusions…16 References…
