The ability of information systems development project teams to respond to business and technology changes: a study of flexibility measures

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwanhoo Lee ◽  
Weidong Xia
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Technology Changes ◽  
Flexibility Measures

Communities of Practice and Critical Social Theory

2011 ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Objective Reality ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Human Participants

In philosophical terms, a key issue of communities of practice (CoPs) can be located within one of the key philosophical debates. The need for CoPs is traceable to the inadequacy in certain contexts of the so-called scientific or problem-solving method, which treats problems as independent of the people engaged on them. Examples of this can be drawn from the management domains of information systems development, project management, planning, and many others. In information systems development, for example, the whole basis of traditional systems analysis and design requires such an approach. In essence, in undertaking problem solving, the world is viewed as though it is made up of hard, tangible objects, which exist independently of human perception and about which knowledge may be accumulated by making the objects themselves the focus of our study. A more human-centered approach would, by contrast, see the world as interpreted through human perceptions: the reason why the problem cannot be solved is precisely because it lacks the objective reality required for problem solving. In taking this perspective, it may or may not be accepted that there exists a real world “out there”, but in any event, the position adopted is that our world can be known only through the perceptions of human participants. This question of objective reality is one with which philosophers have struggled for at least 2,500 years, and an understanding of it is essential to determining the need for, and purpose of, CoPs. The next section therefore discusses some of the philosophical issues relevant to the subjective-objective debate: a search for what, in these terms, it is possible for us to know and how we might know it.

scholarly journals Selecting a methodology for business information systems development: Decision model and tool support

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damjan Vavpotic ◽  
Olegas Vasilecas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Decision Model ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Project Organization ◽  
Business Information ◽  
Is Development

The paper presents a decision model and a tool that helps to find an information systems development methodology (ISDM) for a computer-based business information system (IS) that is suitable to a certain IS development project or an organization dealing with IS development. The intention of the model is not only to suggest a certain ISDM, but also to propose the properties an ISDM should have to suite the project or the organization. It is designed in a way that facilitates experimentation with different project, organization and ISDM properties. Based on the model we created a tool that has been applied on several cases in which we validated the correctness of its recommendations and established that it can have a significant positive contribution in the process of ISDM selection and in the process of improvement of existing ISDM.

Language Quality in Requirements Development: Tracing Communication in the Process of Information Systems Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Rosenkranz ◽  
Marianne Corvera Charaf ◽  
Roland Holten
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Language Quality ◽  
Open Issue ◽  
Requirements Development ◽  
The Impact

Knowledge transfer, communication, and shared understanding between project stakeholders are important factors in requirements development and in the information systems development process. Nevertheless, the impact and analysis of language and linguistic communication during requirements development is still an open issue. In our research, we claim that requirements development depends on the ability to deal with language and communication issues in practice and reach shared understanding of requirements. We propose the concept of language quality as a suitable means for analyzing the emergence of coherent and meaningful requirements. By applying the thereby developed dimensions of language quality to a real information systems development project, we are able to obtain practice-grounded propositions to further evaluate the consequences of different actions on the interaction and communication process of stakeholders in requirements development.

scholarly journals FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE STUDENT TEAMS IN INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: STUDENT’S PERSPECTIVES

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Sofiyanti Indriasari ◽  
Dana Indra Sensuse
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Software Development ◽  
System Development ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Information System Development ◽  
Student Teams

The success of information systems development activities are influenced by technology and human resources. Experience and knowledge of team members is the key to performance improvements in the software development process. So the experience and knowledge are considered to be one of the main capitals in the success of a software development team. However, what if the information system development team are students who may not have experience at all ? Is the information system developed by an un-experienced team always fail ? Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a study to identify the factors that influence the student teams in information systems development project. The study was conducted with the literature study to establish research model. Furthermore, a survey conducted by distributing questionnaires to students of information systems whom are doing an internship in developing information systems. The results of the survey were analyzed quantitatively using Partial Least Square technique to test the proposed research model. The results of this study indicate that the development of information systems conducted by a team of students is significantly influenced by the Customer Relationship and Horizontal Relationship. Capability factor have a significant effect although the effect is small on the student teams.

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