Alta's Publications

Accepted for publication

Halfmann, S., Evangelatos, E, Kweyu, E, Van der Merwe, Alta, Steinhausen, K., Brand, K. (2021) Best Practice Guidance for Creation and Management of Innovations in Healthcare and Information and Communications Technologies, OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/omi.2021.0043 (WOS: Impact Factor 2.370).

Smuts, S; Van der Merwe, Alta; Smuts, H (2021) Industry 4.0 and Organisations: Key organisational capabilities, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Volume 12896 (Scopus: Impact Factor 0.57).

Isabel Ramos, Dale Mackrell, Alta van der Merwe, Jan Pries-Heje, Jolita Ralyté, Janis Stirna, John Krogstie, Matthew Jones, Benjamin Mueller, Frédéric Adam, Bettina Jaber, Edgar Weippl, Marijn Janssen, Amany Elbanna, Banita Lal, Pierluigi Plebani, Allen C. Johnston, and Li Da Xu (2021) The future of Information Systems in a Post-COVID world by TC8 (Information Systems). Advancing Research in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Switzerland, Edition 1, p. 333-362 (Scopus: Impact Factor 0.647).

Gerber, Thinus; Gerber, Aurona; Van der Merwe, Alta (2014). An analysis of Fundamental Concept in the Conceptual Framework Using Ontology Technologies. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (SAJEMS), 14 (4), 296-411.

De Vries, Marne, Gerber, Aurona, Van der Merwe, Alta (2013) A framework for the identification of reusable processes. Enterprise Information Systems. Published online June 2013, 1-46 .

Padyachee, I, Kotze, P, Van der Merwe, Alta. 2011. Course Management Systems from a Usability Perspective. Alternation, Vol 18, No 1, 2011, 297-317.

Van der Merwe, Mac, Van der Merwe, Alta, Venter, Lucas (2010), A model to direct online continuous professional development opportunities for mathematics teachers in the South African context of disparities, Journal of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education; AJRMSTE 14(3).

Van Greunen, D, Van der Merwe, A, Kotze, P (2010), Factors influencing BPM tools: The influence on user experience and user interfaces, International Journal of Computing and ICT Research, Special Issue Vol. 4, No. 1, October 2010.

Kotze, P., Van der Merwe, Alta (2009) The Research Foci of Computing Research in South Africa as Reflected by Publications in the South African Computer Journal, South African Computer Journal, Vol 44, December 2009.

Mentz, J., Kotzé, P., Van der Merwe, A. (2008). Searching for the Technology in University of Technology. South African Computer Journal, Vol 42, December 2008, p. 29 - 37.

Van der Merwe, M; Van der Merwe, Alta; (2008), Online Continuing Professional Development: tensions impacting on the reflective use of a mathematics-friendly forum environment , South African Computer Journal (42).

Gerber, AJ, Barnard, A & Van der Merwe, Alta (2006), A Semantic Web Status Model, Integrated Design & Process Technology, Special Issue: IDPT 2006

Van der Merwe, A.J., Kotzé, P., and Cronje, J. 2005. The functionality of a requirements elicitation procedure developed for process modelling within the higher education domain. Alternation, 12(1): p. 489-514.

Van der Merwe, A J, Pretorius, L & Cloete, E. (2004),  A requirements elicitation process modelling technique for incorporation of e-learning as a core learning strategy, Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science, (8) 2, pp 1-16.

Van der Merwe, A J & Seker, R, (2004), Mobile Phishing (Communication with the editor), South African Computer Journal, (33) pp 112-113.

Seker, R, Van der Merwe, A J, Kotze, P,  Tanic, P & Paul, R. (2004),  Assessment of Coupling and Cohesion for Component-Based Software by Using Shannon Languages, Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science, 8(4).

Van der Merwe, A J &Labuschagne, W. (1997). Theory meets practice: Using Smith's normal normalization in complex systems. South African Computer Journal. 20: 44-48

Book Chapter

Laurenzi, E., Ruggli, O., Van der Merwe, Alta (2022) BPMN4MoPla: Mobility Planning based on Business Decision Making. In: Domain-specific Conceptual Modeling, Concepts, Methods and Tools, Springer. 

Kiptoo, CC., Gerber, A., Van der Merwe, A (2016) The ontological modelling of fruit fly control and management knowledge, published in Fruit fly Research and Development in Africa - Towards a Sustainable Management Strategy to Improve Horticulture, edited by Ekesi, S., Mohamed, SA., De Meyer, M.

Smuts, Hanlie; Van der Merwe, Alta; Kotze, Paula; Loock, Marianne (2015) Knowledge Requirements for Information Systems outsourcing, New contributions in Information Systems and Technologies, Volume 1, ISBN 978-3-319-16485-4, IGI Global, p. 79-105 available at http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-16486-1.

Pelser, Andre, Van der Merwe, Alta, Kotze, P. 2012, Rethinking sustainability of small towns: towards a socio-technical approach, in Contemporary developmental challenges in African small towns, Editor L Marais & R Donaldson.

Mariana Carroll, Paula Kotzé, Alta van der Merwe. 2012. Securing Virtual and Cloud Environments. In: Cloud Computing and Services Science, Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy), edited by I. Ivanov et al., DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-2326-3 4, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.

Jan Mentz, Paula Kotze, Alta van der Merwe. 2012. A Comparison of Practitioner and Researcher Definitions of Enterprise Architecture using an Interpretation Method. In: Advances in Enterprise Information Systems II, edited by Charles Møller and Sohail Chaudhry, CRC Press, Print ISBN: 978-0-415-63131-0; eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-09678-9, DOI: 10.1201/b12295-1, p. 11-26.

Hanlie Smuts, Alta van der Merwe and Marianne Loock. 2011. Lessons Learned in Fostering Knowledge  Managmenet Deployment And Knowledge Exploration in R&D WorkspacesIn:Innovative Knowledge Management: Concepts for Organizational Creativity and Collaborative Design edited by Drs. Alan Eardley and Lorna Uden, IGI Global.

Pelser, Andre, Van der Merwe, Alta, Conceptualising the population-environment-development interface, (Accepted for 2012), Population, environment and development interfaces: essays on Africa, André Pelser, Sosten Chiotha & Nola Redelinghuys (eds.).

Conference Publications

Pillay, K; Van der Merwe, Alta (2021)  Big Data Driven Decision Making Guidelines for  South African Banking Institutions, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD), Durban South Africa, August 2021.

A Amadi-Echendu, J.E., Ebersohn, L., Du Plessis, C., Van der Merwe, A., & Stols, G., (2020). A Multidisciplinary Case Study on Managing the Resilience of Connected systems, in Proc IEEE TEMSCON 2020 Jun 3-6 Detroit USA.

Van der Merwe, Alta, Gerber, Aurona, Smuts, Hanlie (2020) Data Collection in an Information Systems Design Science Research Project, in Proceedings of SACLA, Virtual Conference, 6-8 July 2020 (https://sacla2020.ru.ac.za/docs/SACLA2020Proceedings.pdf).

Thomas, A, Gerber, Aurona, Van der Merwe, Alta (2019) A Conceptual Framework of Research on Visual Language Specification Languages, International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD 2019), South Africa, 5-6th August 2019, DOI 10.1109/ICABCD.2019.8851003

Van der Merwe, Alta, Gerber, Aurona (2018) Guidelines for using Bloom’s Taxonomy Table as Alignment Tool between Goals and Assessment, in Proceedings of SAICSIT 2018, Gordon’s Bay, South Africa.

Kudzai Mapingire, Phil van Deventer and Alta van der Merwe (2018) Competencies and Skills of Enterprise Architects: A Study in a South African Telecommunications Company, in SAICSIT 2018, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Kudzai Mapingire, Phil van Deventer and Alta van der Merwe (2018) Positioning the role of the enterprise architect: An independent study in a mobile telecommunications organisation, in IEEE ICTAS2018, Durban, South Africa.

Marufu, Alex; Van der Merwe, Alta (2018) Using service dominant logic to build empathy for design thinking in a health service delivery environment, International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT 2018), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer.

Padayachee, R, Van der Merwe, A, Matthee, M (2017) Disruptive Technologies and  IT decision making in an agile business environment, In Proceedings of IEEE AFRICON 2017, 18-20 September 2017, Cape Town South Africa.

Gerber, Aurona, Van der Merwe, Alta, Baskerville, Richard (2017) A Taxonomy of Classification Approaches in IS Research, In Proceedings of AMCIS 2017, 10-12 August 2017, Boston, USA.

Jacobs, Dina, Kotze, Paula, Van der Merwe, Alta (2017) Growth State Transition Model as Driver for Business Process Management in Small Medium Enterprises, 1st International Workshop on Advanced Enterprise Modelling 2017, ICEIS, Portugal.

Laurenzi Emanuele, Hinkelmann, Knut, Reimer Ulrich, Van der Merwe, Alta, Pascal Sibold, Rainer Endl (2017) 2ML4PTM: A Domain-Specific Modelling Language for Patient Transferal Management, 1st International Workshop on Advanced Enterprise Modelling 2017, ICEIS, Portugal.

Ferreira, R, Van der Merwe, Alta, Stols, G, Pelser, A, Olivier, W (2016) A Technologically-driven intervention in Support of Mathematics Education in South Africa: Lessons Learned, published in SGEM2016 Conference Proceedings, ISBN 978-619-7105-72-8 / ISSN 2367-5659, 24-31 August, 2016, Book 1 Vol. 3, 45-52 pp  DOI: 10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2016/B13/S03.007

Kearney, K., Gerber, A., Van der Merwe, A. (2016) Data-driven Enterprise Architecture and the TOGAF ADM Phases. In Proceedings of SMC 2016, the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2016); Budapest, October 9-12, 2016.

Barnard, T., Van der Merwe, A., Gerber, A. (2016) Psychological Ownership: A Human Factor to Consider for the Success of Technology Enterpreneurial Activities, In Proceedings of SMC 2016, the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2016); Budapest, October 9-12, 2016

Beukes, Wynand, Gelderblom, Helene, Van der Merwe (2016) Why designers responsible for websites of large organisations disregard basic web design principles, 2016 International Conference on Information Resources Management, Cape Town, May 2016.

Visser, D., Van der Merwe, A., Gerber, A. (2016) A Comparison of Project Management in System and Research Projects, IST Africa, Durban 11-13 May 2016.

Masimelo, K., Van der Merwe, A., Gerber, A. (2016) Challenges and opportunities faced by micro-entrepreneurs to get a license and legally screen movies, IST Africa, Durban 11-13 May 2016.

Thomas, A; Gerber, A; Van der Merwe, Alta (2015) Visual Syntax of UML Class and Package Diagram Constructs as an Ontology, In 7^th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-14 November 2015.

Gilliland, Sonja; Paula Kotzé; Van der Merwe, Alta (2015) Work Level Related Human Factors for Enterprise Architecture as Organisational Strategy, Third International Conference on Enterprise Systems (ES2015), Basel, Switzerland 14-15 October 2015.

Smuts, Hanlie; Paula Kotzé; Van der Merwe, Alta; Loock, M (2015) Threats and Opportunities for Information Systems Outsourcing, Third International Conference on Enterprise Systems (ES2015), Basel, Switzerland 14-15 October 2015.

Gerber, T; Gerber, A; Van der Merwe, Alta; (2015) The Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting as an Upper Domain Ontology for Financial Reporting, AMCIS 2015, Puerto Rico.

Kotze, P; Van der Merwe, Alta; Gerber, A (2015) Design Science Research as Research Approach in Doctoral Studies, AMCIS 2015.

De Vries,M, Gerber, A; Van der Merwe, Alta (2015) The Enterprise Engineering Domain, 5th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference - Prague - Czech Republic (EEWC 2015), 9-15 May 2015.

Smuts, H, Van der Merwe, Alta, Kotze, Paula, Loock, M (2015). Knowledge Asset Management Pertinent to Information Systems Outsourcing, In WorldCIST'15 - 3rd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 1 - 3 April 2015.

De Vries, Marne, Gerber, Aurona and Van der Merwe, Alta (2014). The Nature of the Enterprise Engineering Discipline, In Proceedings of the 4th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2014, Funchal.

Mentz, Jan, Kotze, Paula, Van der Merwe, Alta (2014), Propositions that describe the Intended meaning of Enterprise Architecture, SAICSIT 2014, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 September – 1 October 2014.

Du Preez, J, Van der Merwe, Alta and Matthee, Machdel (2014), Enterprise Architecture School of Thought: An Exploratory Study, Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops and Demonstrations (EDOCW), 2014 IEEE 18th International, 1-2 September 2014.

De Vries, Marne, Van der Merwe, Alta and Gerber, Aurona (2013). Towards an enterprise evolution contextualisation model. Proceedings of IEEE SMCS Enterprise Systems 2013 on IEEE Xplore, 7-8 November 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.

Gerber, Aurona, Van der Merwe, Alta and Bayes, Kevin (2013). An Investigation into UML Case Tool Support for the Zachman Framework. Proceedings of IEEE SMCS Enterprise Systems 2013 on IEEE Xplore, 7-8 November 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.

Van der Merwe, Alta, Gerber, Aurona and van der Linde, Judith (2013). The Impact of Managerial EA Decisions on Software Development Employees.  Proceedings of IEEE SMCS Enterprise Systems 2013 on IEEE Xplore, 7-8 November 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.

Lombard, N., Gerber, A., Van der Merwe, A (2012) Using formal ontologies in the Development of Countermeasures for Military Aircraft, in Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Ontology Workshop, Edited by A Gerber, K Taylor, T Meyer, M Orgun, Sydney, December 4, 2012.

Paula Kotzé, Motse Tsogang, Alta van der Merwe. 2012. A Framework for Creating Pattern Languages for Enterprise Architecture.  IN: Proceeding of TEAR 2012 and PRET 2012, edited by S. Aier et al. , LNBIP 131, pp. 1–20, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Christopher Kistasamy, Alta van der Merwe, Andre de la Harpe, (2012), The role of service oriented architecture as an enabler for Enterprise Architecture, AMCIS 2012, Seattle Washington.

Aurona Gerber, Saurabh Sinha, Alta van der Merwe, Moshe Kam, (2012) Accreditation of Academic Programmes in Computing in South Africa, IEEE Software Engineering Colloquium, Cape Town, South AFrica.

Marne de Vries, Alta van der Merwe, Paula Kotze and Aurona Gerber. (Accepted for 2011) A Method for Identifying Process Reuse Opportunities to Enhance the Operating Model. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Marne de Vries, ALta van der Merwe, Paula Kotze, Aurona Gerber. (Accepted for 2011) Using the Interaction model to compare ontological similarity between business units. The Industrial, Systems and Engineering Management (ISEM 2011).

Rubina Adam, Paula Kotze, Alta van der Merwe. 2011. Acceptance of enterprise resource planning systems by small manufacturing Enterprises. In: In: Proceedings of the 1tth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Vol.1, edited by Runtong Zhang, José Cordeiro, Xuewei Li, Zhenji Zhang and Juliang Zhang,  SciTePress. , p. 229 - 238.  

Dina Jcobs, Paula Kotze, Alta van der Merwe, Aurona Gerber. 2011. Enterprise Architecture for Small and Medium Enterprise Growth. In: Advances in Enterprise Engineering V - Firts Enterprise Engineering Working Conference (EEWC 2011), edited byAntonia Albani, Jan L G Dietz, and Jan Verelst, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-642-21057-0, P 61 -75.

Mariana Carroll, Paula Kotzé, Alta van der Merwe. 2011. Secure Virtualization: Benefits, Risks and Controls. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, edited by Frank Leymann, Ivan Ivanov, Marten van Sinderen and Boris Shishkov, SciTePress, ISBN: 978-989-8425-52-2,  p. 15 – 23.

Le Roux, Petra, Van der Merwe, Alta, Gerber, A (2010) A Model for Teaching Distributed Computing in a Distance-based Educatinal Environment, International Workshop on Distance Education Technology (DET 2010), edited by Paolo Nesi, Kia Ng, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA, October 2010.

Kistasamy, Christopher, Van der merwe, Alta, De la Harpe, Andre (2010), The relationship between Service Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Architecture, Second IEEE International Workshop on Service oriented Enterprise Architecture for Enterprise Engineering (SoEA4EE 2010), edited by Giancarlo Guizzardi, Lea Kutvonen, IEEE Press, pp 129-137, ISBN 978-0-7695-4164.8l.

Smuts, H; Van der Merwe, A; Kotze, P; Loock, M. 2010. Critical success factors for information systems outsourcing management: a software development lifecycle view. Proceedings of the SAICSIT 2010 Conference - Fountains of Computing Research, edited by Paula Kotze, Aurona Gerber, Alta van der Merwe, and Nicola Bidwell. ACM Press, p. 304 - 313, ISBN: 978-1-60558-950-3.

Gerber, A; Molefo O, Van der Merwe, A. 2010. Documenting open source migration processes for re-use. Proceedings of the SAICSIT 2010 Conference - Fountains of Computing Research, edited by Paula Kotze, Aurona Gerber, Alta van der Merwe, and Nicola Bidwell. ACM Press, p. 75 - 85,978-1-60558-950-3.

De Vries, M, Van der Merwe, A, Gerber, A, Kotze, P (2010). Refining The Operating Model Concept To Enable Systematic Growth In Operating Maturity, In proceeding of the SAIIE Annual Conference, October 2010, Muldersdrift.  

Padayachee, I., Kotze, P. van der Merwe, A. 2010. ISO 9126 external systems quality characteristics, sub-characteristics and domain specific criteria for evaluating e-Learning systems. In: Proceedings of SACLA 2010 Conference.

Gerber A;  Van der Merwe, A; Kotze, P: 2010. Towards the Formalisation of the TOGAF Contenet Metamodel using Ontlogies. To appear in: Proceedings of The 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2010). INSTICC.

Carrol, M; Kotze, P; Van der Merwe, A: 2010. Going Virtual: Popular Trend or Real Prospect for Enterprise Information Systems. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems Volume 1: Databases and Information Systems Integration,  edited by Joaquim Filipe and José Cordeiro, SciTePress, p. 214 - 222. ISBN: 978-989-8425-04-1.

Smuts, Hanlie; Kotze, Paula; Van der Merwe, Alta; Loock, Marianne; (2010) Information systems outsourcing issues in the communication technology sector, In: Proceedings of the International Conference Information Systems 2010, edited by M B Nunes, P Isaías and P Powell.  IADIS, p. 145-155, ISBN: 978-972-8939-09-0.

Smuts, Hanlie; Van der Merwe, Alta; Loock, Marianne;  Kotzé, Paula. (2009),  A Framework and Methodology for Knowledge Management System Implementation. In: Proceedings of the Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer  Scientists and Information Technologists,  edited by Jason Cohen and Scott Hazelhurst. SAICSIT in Association with the ACM, p. 70 - 79 .  ISBN 978-1-60558-643-4.

Gerber, AJ; Van der Merwe, AJ; (2009), Towards the use of formal ontologies in Enterprise Architecture framework repositories, In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Volume 2: Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, edited by Joaquim Filipe and José Cordeiro, SciTePress, p. 54 - 64. ISBN: 978-989-8425-05-8.

Jacobs, D; Kotze, P; Van der Merwe, AJ;  (2009), Towards an Enterprise Repository Framework, The 1st International Workshop on Advanced Enterprise Repositories (AER 2009), Milan, Italy.

Smuts, Hanlie; Van der Merwe, AJ; Loock, M (2009), Key characteristics in selecting software tools for Knowledge Management,  11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Milan Italy (May 2009).

Mbaya, I; Gerber, AJ; Van der Merwe, AJ; (2009), Requirements of a Security Framework for the Semantic Web, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, IASTED 2009, Innsbruck, February 2009.

Van der Merwe, Alta;  Kotze, Paula; (2009), A systematic approach for the identification of process reference models, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, IASTED 2009, Innsbruck, February 2009.

Gerber, Aurona; Van der Merwe, Alta; Barnard, Andries; (2008), A Functional Semantic Web architecture, European Semantic Web Conference 2008, ESWC’08, Tenerife, June 2008.

Champman, M; Van der Merwe, Alta (2008), Contemplating Systematic Software Reuse in a Small Project-centric Company, Saicsit 2008, South Africa.

Gerber, Aurona; Van der Merwe, Alta; Alberts, Ronell; (2007), Implications of Rapid Development Methodologies, CSITEd 2007, Mauritius, November 2007.

Van der Merwe, Alta; Kotze, Paula; Gerber, Aurona (2007), Generic Process Model Structures: Towards a Standard Notation for Abstract Representations,  SAICSIT 2007 : Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, Fish River Sun, October 2007.

Van der Merwe, Alta; Kotze, Paula (2007), Criteria Used in Selecting Effective Requirements Elicitation Procedures,  SAICSIT 2007 : Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, Fish River Sun, October 2007, pp 162-171.

Hewett, R; Kijsanayothin, P; Van der Merwe, A J. (2007), Predicting order of likelihood of defective software modules, International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering, Boston, Massachusets, Knowledge Systems Institute, pp 93-98.

Caroll, M; Van der Merwe, A J. (2007), An Information Systems Auditor’s Profile, Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Funchal, Portugal, p390-397.

Gerber, AJ; Barnard, A; Van der Merwe, A J. (2007), Towards a semantic web layered architecture, The International Association of Science and Technology for Development, Innsbruck, ACTA Press, pp 353-362

Alberts, R, Van der Merwe, A J, Pretorius, H (2006), Using Quality Requirements to Systematically Develop a National Accessibility Portal, International Science and Technology Conference, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, November 2006.

Van der Merwe, A J, Maneschijn, D. (2006), Guidelines in selecting an e-learning development model, IADIS Applied Computing 2006, San Sebastian, Spain, pp 161-168.

Van der Merwe, A J, Kotze, P & Cronje, J. (2006), The Usefulness of a Generic Process Model Structure, The Fourth International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems, Cyprus.

Gerber, AJ, Barnard, A & Van der Merwe, A J. (2006), Design and Evaluation Criteria for Layered Architectures, The Fourth International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems, Cyprus.

Van der Merwe, A J, Seker, R, Gerber, A J. (2005), Phishing in the System of Systems Settings: Mobile Technology, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics October 10-12, 2005, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.

Van der Merwe, A J, Loock, M, Dabrowski, M. (2005), Characteristics and Responsibilities involved in a Phishing Attack, Winter International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, Cape Town, January 2005.

Van der Merwe, A J. Mennega, A. (2004), Key Characteristics in Developing a Long-term, Web-enabled Career Guidance Service, ED-MEDIA 2004-World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications to be held in Lugano, Switzerland, June 21-26, 2004.

Van der Merwe, A J, Cronje, J. (2004), The Educational Value Chain as a modelling tool in re-engineering efforts, 3rd International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies. Las Vegas, Nevada (USA).

Van der Merwe, A J. (2003), A requirements elicitation methodology for educational process modeling, Fourth International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education, Samos, Greece.

Cloete, E., Van der Merwe, A J & Pretorius L. (2003),  A process modeling approach to requirements elicitation to incorporate e-learning as a core learning strategy, Seventh World Conference on Integrated Design and Process Technology, Austin, Texas.

Cloete, E & Van der Merwe, A J. (2001). Structure and Techniques used in a Distance Virtual Learning Implementations. International Conference on Technology and Education. Potchefstroom. South Africa.

Van der Merwe, A J & Labuschagne, W. (1996). Theory meets practic: Using Smith's normal normalization in complex systems. SAICSIT 1996 : Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists.

Other:

Part of the Enterprise Architecture Workgroup that submitted a suggestion to the Open Group on the definition of Enterprise Architecture:

Van der Merwe, Alta; Gerber, Aurona; Kotze, Paula; Van der Merwe, Paul; Mentz, Jan; Labuschagne, Louw; Gilliland, Sonja; Joubert, Pieter (2009) Enterprise Architecture Definition, Submitted to the Open Group;