Business Rules Based Agile ERP Systems Development

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Smaizys, Aidas | Vasilecas, Olegas

Affiliations: Information Systems Research Laboratory, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania, e-mail: aidas@isl.vgtu.lt, olegas@isl.vgtu.lt

Abstract: Business rules are relatively new addition in the field of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, which are kind of business information systems, development. Recently some relevant enhancements of existing business information systems engineering methods were introduced, although there are still open issues of how business rules may be used and improve qualitative and quantitative attributes of such kind of information systems. The paper discusses existing business information systems engineering issues arising out of using business rules approach. The paper also introduces several ways of business rule involvement aiming at ensuring ERP systems development agility based on running researches in the field also carried out by the authors.

Keywords: ERP systems, business information systems, business rules

Journal: Informatica, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 439-460, 2009