T.: How relational concept analysis can help to observe the evolution of business class models

Abstract. The development of information systems follows a long and complex process in which various actors are involved. We report an ex-periment in which we observe the evolution of the analysis model of an information system through 15 successive versions. We use indicators on the underlying concept lattices built by applying Relational Concept Analysis (RCA) to each version. RCA is an extension of FCA which groups entities based on characteristics they share, including links to other entities. It here helps in analyzing their evolution. From this expe-rience, we establish recommendations to monitor and verify the proper evolution of the analysis process