Title
Reconciling top-down and bottom-up design approaches in RMM
Abstract
The proliferation of intranets and extranets as well as the vast expansion of the World Wide Web (WWW) and electronic commerce indicate the need for a structured hypermedia design methodology that will guide the design, development, and maintenance of large multimedia and hypermedia information systems and collaborative systems. The Relationship Management Methodology (RMM) is a well-known hypermedia design methodology. In this paper we provide an extension to it that enhances the design process. We present an iterative process of application design that incorporates the design of the entire application as well as its components. The process includes the design of an application diagram in a top-down fashion, the design of the components or building blocks using the construct of an m-slice, and the regeneration of the application diagram in a bottom-up fashion. An iterative comparison and refinement of the two versions of the application diagram ensure a better final application.
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1145/335505.335512
Database
Keywords
Field
DocType
application design,web-based information system,entity-relationship diagram,reuse,well-known hypermedia design methodology,hypermedia information system,maintainability,design process,structured hypermedia design methodology,reconciling top-down,data model,bottom-up design approach,iterative process,bottom-up fashion,hypermedia,final application,application diagram,information domain,hypertext,structured design,design,entire application,relationship management,top down,world wide web,entity relationship,information system,entity relationship diagram,bottom up,electronic commerce
Information system,Hypertext,Design education,Software engineering,Iterative and incremental development,Systems engineering,Hypermedia,Computer science,Iterative design,Engineering design process,Structured analysis
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
29
4
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.53
8
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tomás Isakowitz1739127.97
Arnold Kamis217813.04
Marios Koufaris3133959.00