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Hardcover. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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