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EPSRC Reference: GR/S04840/01
Title: Semiotic Enterprise Design for IT Applications (SEDITA)
Principal Investigator: Liu, Professor K
Other Investigators:
Sun, Dr L
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Britvic Soft Drinks BT Lindale Associates Ltd
University of California, San Diego Winning Moves Ltd
Department: Computer Science
Organisation: University of Reading
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 April 2002 Ends: 30 June 2005 Value (£): 200,828
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt Software Engineering
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Communications Food and Drink
Information Technologies
Related Grants:
GR/S04833/01
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Treating the business as an information system in a new methodology for the upstream phases of software engineering, our research will tackle one root cause of the mismatch between business and IT: the lack of adequate tools for the job. Our thesis is that, in order to place the organisation first, it must be specified as an information system, regardless of any technology, but in a precise and formal way. Information requirements 'expressed in this formal business specification will make it easier to pull the technology into a seamless relationship with the organisation.Based on the industrial needs combined with current research results, we aim to bring the MEASUR method into mainstream use where IT is being applied to business problems. This means that we must a) integrate the techniques we have, adjusting them where necessary, b) validate the methodology as a whole on real industrial problems of sufficient size and complexity, c) provide supporting tools so that d) it will be acceptable to business users with e) a natural interface to the downstream software engineering phases. MEASUR captures the kernel of a business's information requirements (the relevant organisational knowledge, concepts, terminology, meanings, responsibilities and priorities) with formality and precision so that the IT requirements may be deduced logically.
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