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In order to construct goals model completely, a heuristic way is proposed in this paper based on multiple views. A meta-model is proposed for guidance of modeling of organizational view, business view and goal view. In the meta-model, the relationship among actor, task and goal in meta-model shapes an iron triangle and establishes basis of the heuristic way for goal modeling. In this way, goals can not only be constructed directly by decomposition of goals, but also be elicited indirectly by analysis of the purpose of every task appearing in business view and by asking actors appearing in organizational view why they do the work they undertake. For illustration, a case about a hospital management information system is offered to illustrate idea of this method. This heuristic way is very practical for goal modeling, which can be seen as a helpful complement for directly goal modeling.
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Chen, B., Dong, Q., Wang, Z. (2013). Modeling Goals for Information System by a Heuristic Way. In: Wong, W.E., Ma, T. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Information Systems, Computing, and Management. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 236. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7010-6_14
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