Methodologies and website development: a survey of practice

Taylor, Mark; McWilliam, J.; Forsyth, Henry; Wade, S.

doi:10.1016/s0950-5849(02)00024-1

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“…In the main, what few studies have been published in the mainstream literature tend to concentrate on specific application domains such as Courseware/Computer-based Training (CBT) development [6,32] and Advertising/Informational Web sites [45,49], or are based on narrow case studies [9,19,40,53]. While case studies are valuable instruments for discovering rich qualitative data, it is rarely possible to meaningfully generalize from the findings because they are not statistically representative of the overall population.…”

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A comparison of ‘traditional’ and multimedia information systems development practices

Barry

Lang

2003

Information and Software Technology

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As multimedia information systems begin to infiltrate organizations, there arises a need to capture and disseminate knowledge about how to develop them. Little is thus far known about the realities of multimedia systems development practice, or about how the development of multimedia systems compares to that of "traditional" information systems. Herein are discussed the findings of a survey of multimedia developers in Ireland. Practitioners generally agree that systematic approaches are desirable in order to beneficially add structure to development processes, but they are predominantly using their own in-house methods rather than those prescribed in the literature.

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A comparison of ‘traditional’ and multimedia information systems development practices

Barry

Lang

2003

Information and Software Technology

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“…The second set, which covers web engineering aspects, has been obtained by refining the general QC proposed for evaluating software development methodologies proposed in [2] based on the web-critical requirements discussed in [21] and [22]; these QC are divided into four sets: general, development-related, management-related, and artifact-related. In order to define the third set, which pertains to adaptivity aspects, we have examined and adapted the sets of QC proposed in [23], [24], and [25].…”

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Methodologies for Model-Driven Development of Adaptive Web Applications: An Analytical Survey

Fadavi

Ramsin²

2016

JSW

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Due to the rapid expansion of web applications, the information and services provided on the web have proliferated, leading to ever-increasing complexity. This has not only resulted in the utmost significance of information quality and accuracy on the web, but has also necessitated that access to information be improved. Hence, adaptive web systems have emerged, which focus on adapting web content, presentation, and navigation to meet the needs of the users according to their individual circumstances and preferences. In this field, focus has gradually shifted from creation of new adaptive techniques to solving the problems of analysis and design of adaptive applications; in other words, it has become important to handle the dynamism of the runtime environment and the complexity involved in developing these applications. Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is considered a promising approach for overcoming these problems, mainly due to its modeling features: Models are created at different levels of abstraction (thus enhancing complexity management), and the process can potentially be automated through the use of transformation rules. We provide a review of several prominent methodologies that utilize MDE for developing adaptive web applications, and propose a criteria-based evaluation approach that highlights their strengths and weaknesses. Evaluation results can be used for comparing and selecting methodologies for use in web development projects; they can also be used for constructing a new methodology that exploits the strengths and addresses the shortcomings of existing methodologies.

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“…Holck argues that it is unclear in what ways the development of Web Information Systems is supposed to be new and different, he does describe the four most often mentioned characteristics of Web information systems: (1) the new incremental development process; (2) the time pressure; (3) the new professions; and (4) a diverse and remote user group. Taylor et al found that ad hoc development of Websites seems to dominate in the industry [27] which suggests that conventional information system development methods are rarely used.There are numerous Web Information Systems, not all of them are Web applications. In this paper, we use the following definition, derived from the definition of Gnaho [12]: a Web application is an Information System providing facilities to access complex data and interactive services via the Web and changes the state of business.…”

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Situational requirements engineering for the development of Content Management System-based web applications

Souer¹,

Weerd

Versendaal

et al. 2007

IJWET

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Web applications are evolving towards strong content-centered Web applications. The development processes and implementation of these applications are unlike the development and implementation of traditional information systems. In this paper we propose WebEngineering Method; a method for developing content management system (CMS) based Web applications. Critical to a successful development of CMS-based Web applications, is the adaptation to the dynamic business. We first define CMS-based Web applications and identify their specific characteristics. Combining these characteristics with situational factors in projects, we show that by taking parts of proven methods such as UML based Web-engineering (UWE) and the Unified Software Development Process (UP), a unique method can be assembled for situational development of CMS-based Web applications. We successfully validated the method at GX, a web-technology specialized in developing and implementing CMS-based Web applications. Future research focuses on optimizing the development method, and creating reference models and modeling tools for the development of CMS-based Web applications.Keywords: Requirements Engineering, Web application, Content Management System, Method Engineering. Web Application Development and ImplementationNowadays, organizations rely on the Web to support their business processes and use Internet as a way create competitive advantage, global collaboration and integration with external partners [19]. Applications based on Web-technology are considered of strategic importance [28]. With the unrestrained growth of unstructured information, the need for a system to control the information emerges. Content Management System-based Web applications are applications which combine both enabling the Web technology and managing the unstructured information. CMS-based Web applications are therefore implemented to support the organization with the creation, management and publishing of information in an efficient en effective way. Examples of CMS-based Web applications are Mediasurface, Tridion, Vignette, Documentum, Microsoft Content Management Server, GX WebManager, and the open source product Zope. These Web applications should be agile enough to respond to the dynamic business and the ever-changing customer demands [1]. However, existing methods for the requirements engineering (i.e. the capturing and specification of the requirements) of Web applications often fail to capture and specify the business dynamics, fail to implement the desired system, and often lack the Web focus [19]. The literature gives a plausible explanation by suggesting that the Web applications differ from conventional information system [8], [9] and [18]. Since there is no literature on specific CMS, we developed a method specific for CMS-based Web applications, constructed using components of two pre-existing methods: UML-based Web Engineering (UWE) [16] and the Unified Development Process (UP) [6]. The method is integrated into a generic development method consisting ...

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Methodologies and website development: a survey of practice

Cited by 66 publications

References 20 publications

A comparison of ‘traditional’ and multimedia information systems development practices

A comparison of ‘traditional’ and multimedia information systems development practices

Methodologies for Model-Driven Development of Adaptive Web Applications: An Analytical Survey

Situational requirements engineering for the development of Content Management System-based web applications

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