Reply: A Correspondence From a Maturing Discipline

Reply: A correspondence from a maturing discipline.

Process Modeling – A Maturing Discipline?

A plethora of process modeling techniques has been proposed since Petri nets were introduced in 1962. One way of evaluating and comparing the scope and completeness of these techniques is by way of ontological analysis, a method which has gained popularity in the last decade. The purpose of this paper is to gauge the level of maturity of process modeling techniques over the last four decades of...

bookshelf Software Architecture : A Maturing Discipline

I spend a lot of time talking and simultaneously smudging up dry-erase boards. Much of this time, I’m drawing software architectures of one flavor or another (there appear to be more than “4+1” flavors possible, as David Parnas would likely agree). The abstractions inherent to this field seem to require tangible representation, just so listeners can follow the ideas. Looking at the audience as ...

Business Process Modeling: A Maturing Discipline?

A plethora of business process modeling techniques has been proposed over the last decades, creating a demand for theory to assist in the comparison and evaluation of these techniques. A widely established way of determining the effectiveness and efficiency of modeling techniques is by way of representational analysis. The purpose of this paper is to comparatively assess the outcomes of represe...

Does Information Systems Still Matter? Lessons for a Maturing Discipline

The information systems academic discipline faced a sharp reduction in student enrollments as the job market for undergraduate students softened. This article examines the recent and rapid rise and fall of university student enrollments in information systems programs and describes how these enrollment fluctuations are tied to the job opportunities of graduates. Specifically, we examine the rol...