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A Requirements Engineering Approach to Improving IT-business Alignment

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Today, doing business is complex and dynamic due to rapid changes in technology and globalization of the market. Organizations require complex business structures which include: a business model, strategies, operations, etc as well as well-managed business processes (BP) which are continually improved and evaluated. However, sustaining BP is difficult due to non-alignment between information technology (IT) and other organizational components. This chapter presents a business goal-driven requirements engineering approach for IT to better understand system requirements, as requirements are generated from the business goals and provide assistance for analyzing business goals quickly.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Azmat Ullah

  2. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Richard Lai

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  1. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Dept. Software Engineering, Charles University Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Pokorny

  2. Dept. Information Technologies, Attn. Prof. Jiri Vorisek, Prague University of Economics, Nam. W. Churchilla 4, Praha, 130 67, Czech Republic

    Vaclav Repa

  3. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Charles University, Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Karel Richta

  4. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski

  5. Fac. Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia

    Henry Linger

  6. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Chris Barry

  7. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Michael Lang

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Ullah, A., Lai, R. (2011). A Requirements Engineering Approach to Improving IT-business Alignment. In: Pokorny, J., et al. Information Systems Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_62

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