Information Systems
Development Methodologies
By Zainal A. Hasibuan
Faculty of Computer Science
University of Indonesia
Information Systems Development
Methodologies
Structured Analysis, Design and Implementation of Information Systems
(STRADIS)
Yourdon Systems Method (YSM)
Information Engineering (IE)
Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM)
Merise
Jackson Systems Development (JSD)
Object-oriented Analysis
Information Systems Work and Analysis of Changes (ISAC)
Effective Technical and Human Implementation of Computer-based
Systems (ETHICS)
Soft System Methodology (SSM)
Multiview
Process Innovation
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
KADS
Euromethod
Structured Analysis, Design and
Implementation of Information
Systems (STRADIS)
by Gane and Sarson
The main techniques used:
Process-oriented of function decomposition
DFD
Decision trees
Decision tables
Structure English
Yourdon System Method (YSM)
by Ed Yourdon
Process-oriented
Event partitioning approach as compare
to top-down approach (functional
decomposition)
Greater emphasis on analysis of data if
compared to STRADIS
Information Engineering (IE)
by James Martin and Clive
Finkelstein
More emphasis on data
Data-oriented entity-relationship
approach
Extended to planning phase as the first
step in the methodology
Structured Systems Analysis
and Design Method (SSADM)
by Learmonth and Burchett
A standard in most UK government applications
Modern version of the traditional IS
development life cycle
DFD
Entity life histories
Recommends the use of CASE tools and
workbenches
Merise
Widely used in France
Consider equally important of process
and data aspects and analyzed and
designed in parallel
Jackson Structured Design
(JSD)
by Michael Jackson
Had a profound effect on the teaching and
practice commercial computer programming
It concentrates on the design of efficient and
well-tested software which reflects the
specification
It has links with formal methods
More applicable to applications where efficiency
is paramount—for example in process control
applications
Coad and Yourdon’s Object-
oriented Analysis
It reflects the view that in defining objects and
their component parts (attributes) we capture
the essential building blocks of information
systems
It is a unifying approach, as analysis and design
can be undertaken following this approach
Applications developed using object
programming languages and CASE tools
Leads to consistency throughout
Information Systems Work and
Analysis (ISAC) by Mats
Lunderberg (Scandinavia)
Seeks to identify the fundamental causes of
users’ problems and suggests ways to overcome
Analyze the activities and the initiation of
change processes
People-oriented approach with emphasis on the
analysis of change and the change processes
Solution not necessarily use of computer
information system
Effective Technical and Human
Implementation of Computer-
based Systems
(ETHICS) by Enid Mumford
People-oriented based on participation
Attempts to embody a sound ethical
position
It encompasses the socio-technical view
The technology must fit closely with the
social and organizational factors in
application domain
Soft Systems Methodology
(SSM) by Peter Checkland
Influenced by System approach
Its rationale is that the properties of whole
system are not entirely understandable in terms
of the properties of the constituent elements
“the whole is greater than the sum of the parts”
Present the fuzzy and ill-structured situation not
just technological problems
Multiview
Hybrid: SSM, ETHICS, process modeling
and data modeling
A contingency approach: techniques and
tools being used as the problem situation
demand
Process Innovation by
Devenport
Tie business process re-engineering with
information technology and information
systems
IT being seen as the primary enabler of
process innovation as it gives an
opportunity to change processes
completely
Rapid Application
Development (RAD)
The need to develop IS more quickly
It based on the evolutionary, prototyping
approach
Enabled by using CASE and system
repository
User requirements are often determined
through JAD
The Expert Systems Approach
(KADS)
The outcome of a European Union
ESPRIT research project
A comprehensive, commercially viable
methodology for knowledge-based
system construction
Use to Develop Expert systems
Euromethod
Results from a European initiative
It is more a framework for planning,
procurement and management of
services for the investigation,
development or amendment of IS a
methodology
