Income/star: Process Model Support for the Development of Information Systems*

INCOME/STAR is a conception of an integrated environment for the development and maintenance of large, distributed information systems. It extends INCOME, an already existing and commercially available tool for conceptual modelling and prototyping of information systems, by the following features: • design of data and transactions distribution, • physical design, • hypertext interface for design dictionaries, • cooperative system development, • maintenance of large information systems, • project management, • support of different process model standards. In this paper, the architecture of INCOME/STAR is introduced and the main features are surveyed. The paper focuses on one central aspect of INCOME/STAR, the process model support for the development of large information systems.