Models of enterprise information system support in lifecycle stages
The article considers an enterprise as a complex organizational system, which requires a modern management information system for effective functioning. Such system enables information collection, storage, and procession to increase relevance and timeliness of made decisions. The problem might be solved based on complex automation of all industrial and technological processes and required resources management. The paper shows that the information system description is formed based on a lifecycle model, which defines the order of development stages and criteria of stage transition. An information system lifecycle model is a structure that defines a sequence of completion and interconnection of processes, actions and tasks throughout a life cycle. The structure of the information system life cycle is based on three groups of processes: primary (acquisition, supply, development, operation, maintenance), supplementary (documenting, configuration management, quality assurance, verification, attestation, assessment, audit, problem resolution) and organizational (project infrastructure building, project management, definition, life cycle assessment and improvement, training). The paper describes the most widely spread life cycle models such as waterfall, iterative and incremental (stage-by-stage model with intermediate control) and spiral. It demonstrates that the enterprise information system appears to be a passive category in the processes of study and design. This category functioning can be described using support life cycle models including composition, functioning and development models. Development of these three models appears to be an additional informational factor that enables structuring of the process of enterprise information system creation and functioning.