Combining Object Oriented Process and Information Models in the Design of Co-operative Systems for an Area Health Authority

Abstract

The Integrated Cooperative Workspace (ICW) project1 is researching the issues involved with computers supporting cooperative work (CSCW) in enterprises, and developing integrated methods and Open Standards-based software tools to facilitate this. In this paper, we explain the business issues which provide the rationale for ICW, and describe each component of the ICW methods and tool sets, and the way the components fit together, from a business perspective. We report on the approaches developed within the project, which employ Object-Oriented extensions to Information Modelling techniques, allied to Object-Oriented Process Modelling and an Enterprise Information Service. The notion of ‘Three Views’ of an organisation: the Information, Process and Human Resources views, operating within a User-Centred Incremental Development Route is described. We situate the discussion in the context of a specific application, supporting collaborative management work in a Health Authority.

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Publication date: March 1996

Publication date (Print): March 1996

Pages: 1-16

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Computing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University,

100 Napier Street, Sheffield S11 8HD, UK

Fretwell-Downing Data Systems Ltd.,

Brincliffe House, 861 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield S11 7AE

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/MI1996.12

Copyright statement: © R.A. Steele et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of the Methods Integration Workshop, Leeds

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Conference name: Proceedings of the Methods Integration Workshop

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Conference location: Leeds, UK

Conference date: 25-26 March 1996

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Methods Integration Workshop

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing