Paper Info
Title
A requirements engineering framework for cross-organizational ERP systems
Abstract
The development of cross-organizational enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions is becoming increasingly critical to the business strategy of many networked companies. The major function of cross-organizational ERP solutions is to coordinate work in two or more organizations. However, how to align ERP application components and business requirements for coordination and cooperation is hardly known. This paper reports on the outcomes of applying a coordination theory perspective to an analysis of the ERP misalignment problem. We present a conceptual framework for analyzing coordination and cooperation requirements in inter-organizational ERP projects. The framework makes explicit the undocumented built-in assumptions for coordination and cooperation that may have significant implications for the ERP adopters and incorporates a library of existing coordination mechanisms supported by modern ERP systems. We use it to develop a proposal for how to achieve a better alignment between ERP implementations and supported business coordination processes in inter-organizational settings. We report on some early assessments of the implications of our framework for practicing requirements engineers. Both our framework and library rest on a literature survey and the first author’s experience with ERP implementation. In future empirical research, we will further validate and refine our framework.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1007/s00766-006-0034-9
Requir. Eng.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
inter-organizational erp project,erp adopter,coordination theory perspective,coordination mechanism,erp application component,requirements engineering framework,cross-organizational erp system,modern erp system,erp implementation,cross-organizational erp solution,erp misalignment problem,business coordination process,conceptual framework,requirement engineering,empirical research,business strategy
Journal
11
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1432-010X
32
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.13
38
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maya Daneva165865.33
Roel J. Wieringa227220.18