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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES: FROM THEORY TO APPLICATIONS

April 7-11, 2008
Umayyad Palace, Damascus, Syria
June 16, 2014 1
Christophe Feltus

Public Research Centre Henri Tudor,
29, Rue John F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg

christophe.feltus@tudor.lu



From Policy Literature Review
toward Responsibility Concept

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Outline
Objective of the paper

Camerers observations over research performed in the
field of policy

Model of responsibility

Review of AC model

Review of Engineering methods

Conclusion and Future works
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Outline
Objective of the paper

Camerers observations over research performed in the
field of policy

Model of responsibility

Review of AC model

Review of Engineering methods

Conclusion and Future works
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Objectives of the paper

Constat: many representations of policy.




What policy targets : Role, Capability (Access Right), Obligations.
What policy doesnt target : Commitment.
SIM Project, define policy based on business requirements.


Paper objective : Review de litterature
toward a innovative model



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Outline
Objective of the paper

Camerers observations over research performed in the
field of policy

Model of responsibility

Review of AC model

Review of Engineering methods

Conclusion and Future works
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Camerers observations
There are at least three symptoms of the disease causing the
queasy dissatisfaction with policy research:

(1) Concepts are often ambiguous and their definitions are not
agreed upon;

(2) Checklists or theories are rarely tested, and never tested
directly against competing theories and

(3) Theories do not cumulate or built upon previous theories as
they should.

These three deficiencies are a result of the way policy research
is typically done.
Warning :
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Outline
Objective of the paper

Camerers observations over research performed in the
field of policy

Model of responsibility

Review of AC model

Review of Engineering methods

Conclusion and Future works
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Model of responsibility

Capability: which describes the quality of having the requisite qualities or accesses
to resources to achieve a task;
Accountability: which describes the state of being answerable about the
achievement of a task;
Commitment: which is the engagement of a stakeholder to fulfil a task and the
assurance he will do it.
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Outline
Objective of the paper

Camerers observations over research performed in the
field of policy

Model of responsibility

Review of AC model

Review of Engineering methods

Conclusion and Future works
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Review of AC model

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Outline
Objective of the paper

Camerers observations over research performed in the
field of policy

Model of responsibility

Review of AC model

Review of Engineering methods

Conclusion and Future works
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Review of Engineering methods
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Outline
Objective of the paper

Camerers observations over research performed in the
field of policy

Model of responsibility

Review of AC model

Review of Engineering methods

Conclusion and Future works
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Conclusions and Future works
Objective : Verifying the organizational structure and detecting policy
problems and inconsistency

We have review the literature to propose a new responsibility model that
addresses the Commitment.

Next step : towards a formal representation.
User vs. enterprise responsibility
Violable vs. inviolable constraints
Deontic vs. predicate logic ?

Camerers warning has been taken into account

Responsibilitys concept linked to organizational processes
Development of a prototype