Department of Management Science and Information Systems, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand, email: l.gardner@auckland.ac.nz
Abstract
This paper describes the development of a hypermedia documentation mechanism
for information systems development. The use of hypermedia as a software
engineering tool for the creation of maintainable information systems has
been extensively explored with significant findings. These developments
led to the specification, creation and use of the Fully Integrated Environment
for a Layered Development (FIELD) system. To supplement these investigations,
a complex environmental control organization, the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
Authority, was used as a case study. The development of a prototype information
system for the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Authority is described, and the
overall methodological implications for future information system development
are discussed. It is postulated that the development of such a complex
information system may be improved by this method of using hypermedia.
This paper reports on the initial findings of this investigation and the
appropriateness of these ideas for general application in the information
systems development field.