Review Article

Alignment between Business Requirement, Business Process, and Software System: A Systematic Literature Review

Table 5

Synthesis of methods used to evaluate alignment.

IDYearReferenceType of evaluation

S22016[13]Proposition of metrics to obtain the value of alignment degree
(i) Five metrics of technological coverage
(ii) Four metrics for evaluating the technological adequacy
S192013[34]Definition of a set of metrics:
(i) Three metrics for the intentional factor
(ii) Two metrics for the functional factor
S382009[53]Development of a web application to calculate two measurements of mean and variance; the objective is to evaluate the contribution of services to the business requirements
S482008[63]Proposition of an approach of checking alignment by using consistency relationships
S592005[74]Proposition of ten criteria and ten metrics according to four factors; the objective is to evaluate the fit between business and system sides